The granola bar section of your local grocery store may have a very large bare section this week; mine did. Where there are usually hundreds of boxes of the snack bars, there was nothing but a taped-up printout, letting shoppers know that the Quaker Oats Company recalled granola bars and granola cereals because “they may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.”
According to the FDA’s recall list, the roundup also includes snack boxes that contain an assortment of snacks that include packages of the recalled products.
There are currently 26 types of Quaker Chewy granola bars (all in various package sizes), eight different Quaker cold granola cereals, and 10 snack boxes, many of which include Frito-Lay products, as well. PepsiCo, Inc. is the parent company of both Quaker and Frito-Lay.
The recalled products were sold throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, and Saipan.
The FDA reports that Quaker has “received no confirmed reports of illness related to the products covered by this recall.” But as we’ve learned from the ongoing cantaloupe product recall, salmonella can cause severe illness and can also be deadly.
The FDA’s recall announcement is 10 pages long because it includes every possible package configuration the potentially contaminated products can come in.
For example, Quaker Chewy Bars Chocolate Chip are recalled, and they can come in boxes from 8-count up to 440-count. The list has specific UPC, Best Before Dates, and photos for each product. Those bars may also be in a variety snack packs, and the list contains all that information, too.
If you have any Quaker Granola products in your pantry, head to the FDA’s Quaker Granola Recalled Products page to determine if your product is in the recall.
