cereal and gluten-free foods have become a hot trend in the packaged food industry. Cheerios is the nation’s biggest cereal brand, Honey Nut Cheerios is the top-selling U.S. General Mills, which is based in Golden Valley, launched gluten-free Cheerios in recent months as part of its biggest marketing offensive in years for cereals. The FDA limit for food labeled as gluten-free is 20 ppm. One sample of Honey Nut Cheerios contained 43 parts per million of gluten. The FDA said it tested 36 samples of Cheerios products labeled as gluten-free from different manufacturing facilities and lots. Cheerios made at other General Mills plants aren’t subject to the recall. The voluntary recall includes four days of production of Cheerios and 13 days of production of Honey Nut Cheerios made during July at the company’s Lodi, Calif., plant. General Mills said Monday that it began investigating its Cheerios production system after becoming aware of illness reports to the FDA, as well as fielding a couple of consumer complaints directly. For the gluten-sensitive, ingesting gluten can cause gastrointestinal issues such as bloating, diarrhea and constipation.
Another 6 to 7 percent of the population is believed to be allergic to wheat or have gluten sensitivity. People with celiac disease, who are estimated to make up about 1 percent of the population, get sick from eating gluten, a protein that can lead to damage in their small intestine. Food and Drug Administration said in an e-mail that since mid-September, it has gotten 125 reports of “adverse events from/about consumers who ate Cheerios labeled gluten-free.” The FDA said it’s “not aware of any reports of hospitalizations or deaths from the consumption of Cheerios labeled gluten-free.” The company said Tuesday it has added another layer of testing at its cereal plants to ensure gluten contamination doesn’t occur again. on Monday recalled 1.8 million boxes nationwide of gluten-free Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios, concluding they inadvertently contained wheat, which contains gluten. General Mills said it knows how the gluten got into its flour and has taken steps to prevent it.įederal food regulators said Tuesday they have received 125 reports of adverse health effects - mostly gastrointestinal problems - from consumers who ate gluten-free Cheerios.Īfter hearing of such complaints, General Mills Inc. When the villi get damaged, nutrients cannot be absorbed properly into the body.įDA says it received 125 complaints about gluten-free Cheerios before recall These attacks lead to damage on the villi, small fingerlike projections that line the small intestine, that promote nutrient absorption. When people with celiac disease eat gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye and barley), their body mounts an immune response that attacks the small intestine. Two and one-half million Americans are undiagnosed and are at risk for long-term health complications It is estimated to affect 1 in 100 people worldwide. Untrained logistics/transportation people? This is a reminder of ensuring that all people within the organization are trained in food safety - both general food safety as well as the food safety issues specific to the activities that with which they are tasked.Ĭeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder that can occur in genetically predisposed people where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. In this case, people worked around the loss of rail service only to contaminate product by not considering the gluten issue in the stopgap measure - off loading into uncleaned transport vehicles. It is important to see how a monumental error can occur when responding to a crisis. The bulk trucks were believed to recently have carried wheat, she said."Īn incredible error for a product purchased specifically because it is supposed to contain no gluten.
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General Mills is recalling 1.8 million boxes of gluten-free Cheerios after FDA received 125 complaints from people having an adverse reaction, primarily gastrointestinal issues associated with celiac disease, an extremely painful disorder triggered by the ingestion of gluten.Īccording to the report - " The company said Monday the foul-up occurred when the Lodi plant lost rail service and its gluten-free flour was transferred from rail cars to trucks.General Mills said oat flour was contaminated when bulk rail cars full of the stuff were offloaded into bulk trucks, Foster said.
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