Food recall

General Mills, Inc recall: Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars, Almond, Cashew & Sea Salt, Carton UPC 000-16000-46474, Case UPC 100-16000-46474

General Mills, Inc, of Minneapolis, MN, recalled Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars, Almond, Cashew & Sea Salt, Carton UPC 000-16000-46474, Case UPC 100-16000-46474 and 3 other products. The FDA's reason: “General Mills announced a voluntary U.S. recall of multiple skus of Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars and Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars. The recall is being issued in association with the expanded...” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 2, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 7, 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 March 30, 2017

The recall

Company
General Mills, Inc (Minneapolis, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“General Mills announced a voluntary U.S. recall of multiple skus of Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars and Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars. The recall is being issued in association with the expanded recall of sunflower kernels from SunOpta due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
US: All states in USA including PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS except AK, SD & WV. OUS: ARUBA, BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, CURACAO, BERMUDA, CHILE JAMAICA, SINGAPORE, FRENCH POLYNESIA, HONG KONG.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74566

The 4 products recalled

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

  • F-1999-2016 Class I

    Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars, Almond, Cashew & Sea Salt, Carton UPC 000-16000-46474, Case UPC 100-16000-46474, 4 bars/carton, 4 1.17 OZ (33 g) BARS, NET WT 4.68 OZ (132 g). Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars, Almond, Cashew & Sea Salt, Carton UPC 000-16000-41301, Case UPC 000-16000-47734, 25 bars/carton.

    Codes: All date codes within shelf life. BIUB 24MAR2016JA through BIUB 17DEC2016JA.

    Quantity: 762,319 cases and 1544 pallets for all products.

  • F-2000-2016 Class I

    Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars , Roasted Peanut & Honey, Carton UPC 000-16000-46475, Case UPC 100-16000-46475, 4 - 1.17 OZ (33 g) BARS, NET WT 4.68 OZ (132 g), 4 bars/carton. Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars, Roasted Peanut & Honey. Carton UPC 000-16000-41308, Case UPC 100-16000-41308, 16 bars/carton, 16 -1.17 OZ (33 g) BARS, NET WT 1 LB 2.72 OZ (18.72 OZ) 530 g.

    Codes: All date codes within shelf life. BIUB 24MAR2016JA through BIUB 17DEC2016JA.

    Quantity: 762,319 cases and 1544 pallets for all products.

  • F-2001-2016 Class I

    Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars, Honey, Peanut & Almond with Pumpkin Seeds, Carton UPC 000-16000-47196, Case UPC 100-16000-47196, 5 bars/carton, 5-1.42 OZ (40 g)BARS, NET WT 7.1 OZ (201 g).

    Codes: All date codes within shelf life. BIUB 29MAR2016HN through BIUB 18JAN2017HN

    Quantity: 762,319 cases and 1544 pallets for all products.

  • F-2002-2016 Class I

    Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars, Peanut, Almond, & Dark Chocolate, Carton UPC 000-16000-45724, Case UPC 100-16000-45724, 5 bars/carton, , 5-1.42 OZ (40g)BARS, NET WT 7.1 OZ (201g).

    Codes: All date codes within shelf life. BIUB 29MAR2016HN through BIUB 18JAN2017HN

    Quantity: 762,319 cases and 1544 pallets for all products.

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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 7, 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.