I was not happy to see this set of news on The Wall Street Journal this afternoon. Kelloggs has issued a voluntarily recall of select packages of Kellogg’s® Corn Pops®, Honey Smacks®, Froot Loops® and Apple Jacks® cereals. Consumers should not eat the recalled products because they do not meet quality standards Please check your cupboards if you have bought these types of Kelloggs cereals recently.
The products included are:
Only products with the letters “KN” following the Better If Used Before Date are included in the recall.
Kellogg’s® Apple Jacks®
UPC 3800039136 17 ounce package with Better if Used Before Dates between APR 10 2011 and JUN 22 2011UPC 3800039132 3 8.7 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between JUN 03 2011 and JUN 22 2011
Kellogg’s® Corn Pops®
UPC 3800039109 12.5 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between MAR 26 2011 and JUN 22 2011UPC 3800039111 17.2 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between MAR 26 2011 and JUN 22 2011
UPC 3800039116 9.2 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between APR 05 2011 and JUN 22 2011
Kellogg’s® Froot Loops®
UPC 3800039118 12.2 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between MAR 26 2011 and JUN 22 2011UPC 3800039120 17 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between MAR 26 2011 and JUN 22 2011
UPC 3800039125 8.7 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between MAR 26 2011 and JUN 22 2011
Kellogg’s®Honey Smacks®
UPC 3800039103 15.3 ounce packages with Better if Used Before Dates between MAR 26 2011 and JUN 22 2011
If you have product affected by this recall and have questions or would like a replacement coupon, you may contact the Kellogg Consumer Response Center at 888-801-4163. More information about this on the Kelloggs website.
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I have to be honest, I’m glad I passed up those Fruit Loops a few weeks back. I was hemming and hawing, but I’ve been working so hard to get my picky eater to start making his own good eating choices (he’s almost 3), and I figured those would sabotage that effort.
*sigh* I guess we’ll stick to Cocoa puffs. Darn.
Wow. Thanks. There was a deal going on recently when you bought kellogs cereal you got some money off of a toy story 3 toy. gladly I didn’t get any of those!
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That is so funny! I like to eat cereal dry as a snack – usually something healthy but I gave in to temptation at CVS last week and bought Corn Pops. I ate a couple of handfuls while reading before bed a couple of nights in a row. I woke each night with a waxy, yucky taste on my tongue and the next morning I complained to my brother how much Corn Pops have changed since we were kids – how gross to have to scrape your tongue after eating them!
THANK GOD it’s just a foreign, waxy substance in the box liner…LOL…nothing to be concerned about…just not up to Kellogg’s quality standards (or mine!) and I won’t die from eating them. Whew…
And I’m from Kellogg country, too! Nothing is safe anymore. haha
ughhhh! I have 4 boxes of the Froot Loops!!! I combined a store promo, with coupons, in order to take advantage of the Toy Story 3 codes. One of the boxes is open and my kids are eating it already. I am sure my kids will be fine. This is just a little annoying. Thank you for the info! I am going to call the # that you have here. I will keep you posted.
Automated system takes your info. I should receive re-imbursement coupons within 7-10 business days.
my boxes have KNC after the date, are they included?
Cannot reach the cust service folks.
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Folks, be sure you check the expiration dates before assuming your boxes are included. I just bought some Corn Pops within the past week (Rite Aid, I think), but they aren’t included — the expiraton date is before the window of dates Kellogg’s announced.
Mine has all the criteria but the best by date (apple jacks) is dec 02 2010 and not between June or whatever, so mine is good?
Sandra,
Yours should be good but if you don’t feel confident about it call the 1800 number to verify.
Mercedes
I got my coupons in the mail, and went to go use them today at Piggly Wiggly. I was told that these coupons were flagged fraudulent by their corporate office. They showed me a copy of the coupon & everything. I told them that I would drop off the envelope that I got from Kelloggs with the coupons in it. I don’t know if someone reproduced these, or what. My coupons had the foil mark built in & everything, though. Clearly not fraudulent. They are not listed on the CIC’s website. The CIC even has a coupon listed from 7/23, so I would think that they are pretty current. I was able to use the coupons at Pick N Save without a problem at all.
Well, that was a sale Piggly Wiggly lost. It makes me sad for uninformed cashiers. I am glad you were able to use it somewhere else.
Mercedes
Me too! The manager even looked at them & showed me a copy of the notice that they got from their corporate office. It did have a picture of the coupons that I had with a notice saying that they were fraudulent. That’s why I am thinking that somebody may have re-produced or copied the real ones somehow. That still doesn’t explain why the CIC would not have it on their website, though. Obviously, I know for sure that mine were real.