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Quaker Oats recalls granola products over concerns of salmonella contamination (apnews.com)

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Quaker Oats on Friday recalled several of its granola products, including granola bars and cereals, saying the foods could be contaminated with salmonella.

Salmonella infections can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain, according to the Food and Drug Administration. In rare cases, the bacterial disease can be fatal.

Quaker, which is owned by PepsiCo, said in a news release that it has not received any reports of salmonella infections related to the recalled granola products. The full list of recalled foods includes granola oats cereals and Quaker Chewy Bars, which are also sold in PepsiCo’s snack mixes.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If anybody's wandering why these non-animal products seem to be frequently contaminated with salmonella, there are two potential causes. There's either animals being raised near by (usually the issue with leafy greens) or the processing facilities are not even close to keeping up with cleanliness standards. For a fairly egregious example of the latter look up the story of the Peanut Corporation of America.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Since the article title doesn't mention it, for those wondering, this is isolated to the USA.