10/10/2012 - HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Kellogg Company is voluntarily recalling Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats Bite Size cereal and Kellogg's Mini Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size cereal due to the possible presence of flexible metal mesh fragments from a faulty manufacturing part in a single Kellogg plant between April 1 and Sept. 21.
These products have been identified at both the commissary and Shifting Sands Dining Facility on base, and the 49th Medical Group public health flight has coordinated with both facilities to take all appropriate safety measures.
Exposure to these products may result in minor cuts, but no injuries have been reported as of Oct. 7.
Per the Food and Drug Administration's guidance, Kellogg's is initiating a Class II recall, which requires notifying customers to remove, quarantine and destroy any recalled product remaining in their warehouses and on retail shelves.
However, not all of the single-serve bowls from Shifting Sands have been accounted for. Members who have purchased this product at Shifting Sands should look for the following production date and identifying code and dispose of the product immediately:
· Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size Original Cereal Single Serve Bowl - UPC 3800004961 with a "Better if Used Before" date between April 1 2013 KB - Sept. 21 2013 KB
The commissary's 18-ounce and 24-ounce recalled products have all been accounted for by staff and Public Health technicians.
The production date and identifying codes are:
· 18-ounce carton UPC 3800031829 and/or 3800073444 with a "Better if Used Before" date between April 1 2013 KB - Sept 21 2013 KB
· 24-ounce carton UPC 3800031834 carton with a "Better if Used Before" date between April 1 2013 KB - Sept 21 2013 KB/
For more information, contact the 49th Medical Group public health flight at (575) 572-3306.
