Kellogg’s really sucks at this food safety thing.
These are the folks who said, in the aftermath of the Peanut Corporation of America outbreak in 2009 that killed nine and sickened hundreds, how the hell could we have known?
When Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal came under Salmonella-related scrutiny, the company didn’t even know who made the cereal.
They just put their name on it, like a Trump hotel.
How the hell would anyone have known?
People who give a shit about food safety, people barfing, people dying.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reiterated its advice the other day, stating retailers should not sell any Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. It could be contaminated with Salmonella and make people sick. The Kellogg Company recalled Honey Smacks cereal on June 14, 2018.
CDC continues to recommend consumers not eat any Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. People who recently became ill report eating Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal that they had in their homes.
If you see Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal for sale, do not buy it. The FDA has become aware that recalled Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal is still being offered for sale.
Thirty more ill people from 19 states were added to this outbreak since the last update on July 12, 2018.
Three more states reported ill people: Delaware, Minnesota, and Maine.
Highlights
130 people infected with the outbreak strain have been reported from 36 states.
34 people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicates that Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal is the likely source of this multistate outbreak.