There have been numerous reports of bone sightings. We present these complaints to you below. Post, - the maker of Raisin Bran, Pebbles, Alpha-Bits, Grape Nuts, and other cereals - did not respond to requests for comment. We have rigid sanitation standards that are closely adhered to in all of our plants. If the Food & Drug Administration has a specific concern, we work with them to address it. Kellogg - which makes Corn Flakes, Special K, Froot Loops and Rice Krispies, among others - said in an email:Īt Kellogg, food safety and quality are our top priorities. There’s additional information on our global food safety leadership in our most recent Global Responsibility Report (starting on pg. General Mills is a global leader in food safety. Rare circumstances can occur in our careful manufacturing process, and when that happens we quickly fix it. Many of the complaints turn out to be unsubstantiated or from some other source in the consumers home. We even do tests on the returned product consumers notify us about. When consumers contact us with concerns, that data is collected, tracked and investigated. The types of complaints you are quoting can’t be considered ‘weird things that can end up in cereal’ without each complaint being verified for their accuracy. In a statement to BuzzFeed News, General Mills - the maker of Cheerios, Wheaties, Lucky Charms, Chex, and a host of other brands - said: It's not clear how any of these nutty things happened. It's possible people may have inadvertently dropped their morning pills into their cereal bowl or accidentally swept something from the breakfast table into their food, or the boxes could have been contaminated after they left the company's hands. Also, foreign objects are so common in food that the FDA actually permits a certain level of so-called "defects" in food such as "rodent hairs" and "insect fragments" "that present no health hazard." To be clear, the US Food and Drug Administration doesn't verify all the complaints it receives, so it can't vouch for all the incidents people report. Have you ever sat down with a bowl of breakfast cereal, taken in a mouthful, and experienced a crunch that doesn't seem quite right? You're not alone.Ĭonsumers say they have found objects in their cereal ranging from thumbtacks and bugs to what seem to be medication and animal bones, according to documents obtained from food safety authorities by BuzzFeed News.
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