Kellogg Returning Honey Smacks to Shelves After Salmonella Recall
23 October 2018 - 12:51AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Kellogg Co. (K) on Monday said its Honey Smacks cereal will
begin returning to U.S. shelves next month in limited quantities
following a nationwide recall over salmonella concerns.
The Battle Creek, Mich., cereal maker in June recalled more than
11 million boxes of Honey Smacks after an outbreak of illness this
summer in people who ate cereal made at an Illinois factory owned
by Wisconsin-based Kerry Inc.
The Food and Drug Administration in July said cereal at Kerry's
Gridley, Ill., plant was made in unsanitary conditions, and that
the plant had failed to comply with rules intended to prevent
foodborne illness. The plant made Honey Smacks cereal, which in
June was tied to a salmonella outbreak that sickened 135 people in
36 states.
Kellogg said it moved Honey Smacks production for the relaunch
to its own facility and said it is releasing the cereal with a
simpler, updated recipe. The company said boxes of the cereal will
be labeled with "New Recipe" in the top left corner.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 22, 2018 09:36 ET (13:36 GMT)
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