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SALT LAKE CITY — Breakfast cereal lovers listen up: a faulty manufacturing part may have left pieces of metal fragments in some Kellogg's brand cereals.
Kellogg's announced a recall Thursday of roughly 3 million boxes of it's bite-size frosted and unfrosted Mini Wheats.
Details of the recalled items are as follows:
- UPC 3800031829: 18-ounce carton with Better if Used Before Dates between APR 01 2013 KB - SEP 21 2013 KB
- UPC 3800073444: 18-ounce carton with Better if Used Before Dates between APR 01 2013 KB - SEP 21 2013 KB
- UPC 3800031834: 24-ounce carton with Better if Used Before Dates between APR 01 2013 KB - SEP 21 2013 KB
- UPC 3800046954: 30-ounce carton with Better if Used Before Dates between APR 01 2013 KB - SEP 21 2013 KB
- UPC 3800031921: 70-ounce club store carton with Better if Used Before Dates APR 01 2013 KB - JUL 29 2013 KB
- UPC 3800004961: Single-serve bowl with Better if Used Before Dates between 04013 KB - 09213 KB
- UPC 3800021993: Single-serve carton with Better if Used Before Dates between AP 04013 - AP 09213 or FK 04013 - FK 09213 Kellogg's Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size cereal
- UPC 3800021983: Single serve carton with Better if Used Before Dates between FK 04013 - FK 09213
- UPC 3800035982: 18-ounce carton with Better if Used Before Dates between APR 01 2013 KB - SEP 21 2013 KB
The affected boxes were sold to stores nationwide, and retailers are working to get the them off shelves.
The Kellogg's company website states: "Consumers with affected product or who have questions should contact us using the Contact Us feature on Kelloggs.com or call 800-962-1413 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday - Friday."
So far, no injuries have been reported.
