Food recall

Post Consumer Brands recall: Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal

Post Consumer Brands, of Lakeville, MN, recalled Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal. The FDA's reason: “Post Great Grains Protein Blend - honey oats & seeds cereal is being recalled because it contains sunflower seeds that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 3, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 28, 2016. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed August 15, 2017

The recall

Company
Post Consumer Brands (Lakeville, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Post Great Grains Protein Blend - honey oats & seeds cereal is being recalled because it contains sunflower seeds that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
nationwide. OUS to include: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74392

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-2382-2016 Class I

    Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal. Net Wt. 13.5 oz (382 g) carton with plastic liner. UPC 84912-00456. Post Foods LLC, 1 Upper Pond Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054

    Codes: Best When Used By: AUG 1416, AUG1516, AUG1616, AUG1716, NOV0916, NOV1016, NOV1116, NOV1216, FEB1817, FEB1917

    Quantity: 73,025 cases

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of September 28, 2016.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.