CHICAGO — On Friday, Quaker Oats recalled a number of of its granola merchandise, together with granola bars and cereals, saying the meals might be contaminated with salmonella.
Salmonella infections could cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdomen ache, in line with the Meals and Drug Administration. In uncommon circumstances, the bacterial illness may be deadly.
Quaker, which is owned by PepsiCo, mentioned in a information launch that it has not obtained any reviews of salmonella infections associated to the recalled granola merchandise. The total record of recalled meals contains granola oats cereals and Quaker Chewy Bars, that are additionally offered in PepsiCo’s snack mixes.
The affected merchandise have been offered in all 50 U.S. states, in addition to U.S. territories, Quaker mentioned. The corporate is asking clients with recalled merchandise to throw them away and call its buyer help line or go to the recall web site for extra data and reimbursement.
In keeping with estimates from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, roughly 1.35 million circumstances of salmonella an infection happen within the U.S. annually, inflicting roughly 26,500 hospitalizations and 420 deaths.
