Quaker Quinoa Granola Bars Recalled for Listeria Contamination
The Quaker Oats Company is recalling Quaker Quinoa Granola Bars, Chocolate Nut Medley, because sunflower kernels used in the product are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
The Quaker Oats Company is recalling Quaker Quinoa Granola Bars, Chocolate Nut Medley, packaged in a multi-colored box with brown lettering. The product consists of 5, 1.23 oz bars per box. The recall is due to sunflower kernels used in the bars being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product has a best before date of October 16, 2016, or October 17, 2016. The company states that 470 cases, containing 12 units per case and 5 bars per unit, were distributed to 40 different customers in 87 different U.S. locations.
Consumers should stop using the recalled product and check the best before date to determine if they have the affected items. The source text does not specify further consumer instructions or report any illnesses.
The recalled product
- Product
- Quaker Quinoa Granola Bars, Chocolate Nut Medley packaged in a multi colored box with brown lettering. 5, 1.23 oz bars per box.
- Manufacturer
- The Quaker Oats Company
- Category
- Food — Granola Bars
- Hazard
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (3)
- best before date October 16
- 2016 and October 17
- 2016
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by The Quaker Oats Company under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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