Recall of the Week: Kellogg’s Mini-Wheats cereal due to fragments of metal mesh

Kellogg Co. is recalling about 2.8
million packages of unfrosted and Frosted Mini-Wheats cereals due to possible
contamination of fragments of flexible metal mesh from a faulty manufacturing
part.

Recalled products include Frosted
Mini-Wheats Bite Size Original and Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size with the
letters KB, AP, or FK before or after the Best If Used Before date.

Products recalled are:

Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size
Original cereal

  • 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

Click
here for the list of UPC codes for recalled assortment packs. The other cereals
in the assortment packs aren’t part of the recall.

The Kellogg's Mini-Wheats products were
available through retailers nationwide.

Consumers with these products or who
have questions should contact Kellogg Co. using the Contact Us feature on
Kelloggs.com or call 800-962-1413 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.

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