Quaker Oats recalls several products over Salmonella fears

The Quaker Oats Company has announced that it is recalling several of its granola bars and granola cereals because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. 

Salmonella is an organism that can cause severe infections and, occasionally, fatal outcomes in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

According to the United States-based Centre for Disease Control (CDC), the organism lives in the intestines of people and animals and can spread through eating contaminated food or drinking contaminated water.

Healthy individuals infected with Salmonella typically experience fever, diarrhoea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

In rare circumstances, Salmonella infection can lead to the organism entering the bloodstream and causing more serious illnesses, such as infected arteries (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis, and arthritis.

The affected products have been listed on the website www.quakergranolarecall.com and, according to Quaker Oats, were produced in the United States and distributed to Jamaica.

Therefore, the company is urging potential consumers to check their pantries for any of the listed products and discard them.

Additionally, consumers with any of the mentioned products can return the described product to the original store where they purchased it, presenting their purchase receipt. For additional information, consumers with any of the mentioned products can contact the customer service hotline: consumers.1800@pepsico.com

To date, Quaker has not received reports of illnesses related to the products covered by this market withdrawal. Quaker has reported these actions to the relevant local authorities.

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