CHICAGO — On Friday, Quaker Oats recalled a number of of its granola merchandise, together with granola bars and cereals, saying the meals could possibly be contaminated with salmonella.
Salmonella infections may cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdomen ache, in line with the Meals and Drug Administration. In uncommon circumstances, the bacterial illness will be deadly.
Quaker, which is owned by PepsiCo, mentioned in a information launch that it has not acquired any studies of salmonella infections associated to the recalled granola merchandise. The complete record of recalled meals consists of granola oats cereals and Quaker Chewy Bars, that are additionally bought in PepsiCo’s snack mixes.
The affected merchandise have been bought in all 50 U.S. states, in addition to U.S. territories, Quaker mentioned. The corporate is asking prospects with recalled merchandise to throw them away and phone 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. every year, inflicting roughly 26,500 hospitalizations and 420 deaths.
