Nope, why risk it? But I'm glad she's ok.

I’ve probably eaten recalled food because I consumed it before it was recalled. That’s especially true for fresh produce recalls. By the time they figure out there’s a problem and where the problem originated, most of that fresh produce (hello, lettuce) has already been eaten.

I wouldn't eat them. It's only breakfast cereal and there are hundreds to choose from.

No. Quaker Oatmeal Squares are not important enough to risk being sick. Seems like a no-brainer.

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No, I would do anything to avoid "fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain".

Per FDA

No. Not a close call either, irrespective of whether you can return it for a refund or not. I care too much about trying to remain in good health. Recovering a few dollars by eating a recalled item is hardly worth the risk.

Companies do tend to be very careful and proactive, food products are subject to strict/absolute liability. I myself would not knowingly eat or serve to others foods which have been recalled. Usually the expense of throwing the food away is minimal, and the store will often give a refund if the item is returned.

There is usually a lot number and a reason for the recall. They seem to pull all the lots off the shelves when this happens but if I looked up the bad lots and mine was not listed, I would eat it. Absent that I would just toss it. Costco always has the lot numbers posted but they do clear ALL lots I have noticed. A better safe than sorry thing I guess.

By the time any product gets recalled, a lot of people have already eaten it. I guess it depends, if they recall it for traces of peanuts for example, yeah no problem. If it's got salmonella or other pathogens I'd throw it away, not worth it.

No, I wouldn't eat a recalled product. Well, I did once that I know of but I didn't know it then. Land of Lakes whipped real butter had been recalled for possible glass splinters. I'd been keeping some on the boat and browning french buttered rolls on the smokeless grill with no TV or newspaper time that week with the long ocean days to have heard about the recall. When my friends wife saw what I'd been feeding us, she told me. No injury to any of us.

I think my immune system is fine but I would not risk salmonella, listeria, any of them or manufacturing contaminates either. I've never been that hungry or that broke. DH's parents went hungry in the old country as children and it leaves a life long impression - I suspect very few of us have experienced that kind of hunger.

They list the exact product at Costco.

These are the other 3.

Yep, that’s the Costco box. Long since eaten, before we knew. Current box is supermarket size and the UPC and best by date are a match.

To be clear, this has nothing to do with money. We could get a refund. It’s just the cereal she likes to snack on, on her way to school. Not the greatest but far from the worst. Just seems like an infinitesimal risk. Safer than an egg over easy, if I had to guess. I was fine with her making her choice.

Nope. Unless there was a zombie apocalypse and there was almost nothing left to eat, it's just not worth the risk. Not killing a healthy kid is a pretty low bar.

It’s always fine until it’s not. Would hate to live with regrets over something so easily avoided. When this box is gone, she’ll have to switch brands anyway. Not worth the risk to me.

She won’t switch brands, she’ll switch to pumpkin bread!

If the box was mostly eaten, I’d finish it otherwise return it. I got a similar letter from Walmart with a long list of products saying i had bought some of them. None of them were in my pantry so I guess we ate them.

Don’t recalls usually include lot numbers or something? If the box has been in your pantry, it might not be part of the recall.

EXACTLY bpath. If your item SPECIFICALLY is on the recall list--then NO that's the point of a recall so people DON'T EAT and get ill! WHO does that??? But would I eat a box of the same product NOT on the recall-not made by that factory that day--yes.

Don’t recalls usually include lot numbers or something? If the box has been in your pantry, it might not be part of the recall.

Perhaps usually, but not in this case. UPC and best by dates, as shown in JoanM’s screenshots. Like I said, my UPC matches and best by date falls within the range which in my case is between Jan 11, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. That’s nearly nine months of production!

Consider that the dates of commercial cereals are like a year out, chances are the vast majority of the cereal she ate in 2023 would have been part of this recall! A massive amount of food recalled yet not only did she never get sick, there are no reports of anyone actually getting sick!

So yeah, I’m really not worried about it. Certainly salmonella cross contamination from preparing chicken in my kitchen presents a greater risk, regardless of how cautious I am. Sending her to school each day without a mask presents a far greater health risk!

I would not eat it if it is in the lot numbers that were recalled, but then I would also never eat an egg over easy. I do not like fried eggs (or poached eggs) no matter how they are cooked, and I especially dislike runny yolks - I won't touch them.

No lot numbers.

No.I would not ever eat recalled foods. I often avoid the entire brand for quite a while as a recall is often expanded to include other lot numbers.

No. My son and his girlfriend gave a party at Christmas and served something from Costco, salami or bologna or something like that. A couple weeks later they get a call from Costco warning of possible salmonella in the meat they served. No one got sick.

Once....and only once....I purchased "Bark Thins Chocolate" that was out-of-date. It had some kind of worm that made web nests in the bag. Most shocking thing....so....NO for out of date OR recalled. I'm NOT that hungry!!!

OMG, nicole. Bark Thins Chocolate is one of my favourites. I won't be eating that for a while. :)

My DH liked something on the recall list (cereal?) Just before the recall came out I had food poisoning and was really sick for 12 hours. He didn't chance it and took it all back to Costco.

No. I'm very suggestible, and I'd probably feel symptoms just from thinking I might.

I would likely return it to the store, if that was convenient, and get something else. Salmonella is no joke. My cousin almost died when she contracted it, and it left lasting damage to her insides.

We've never experienced having recalled foodstuffs but if we ever did I'd toss all products warned about containing various microbes, glass, plastics, metal shards, bones, etc etc. But if there was a recall on a product due to possible peanut contamination that would be ok since there are no allergies for that here. One thing I'll never buy even if not recalled would be those pre-chopped bagged salads. I would not trust those petri dish incubator bags, and besides that the carrots always smell musty and like dirt. Would rather grow & eat my own veggies.

^^^shoot! Just left the grocery store and reading this at a red light. Forgot carrots. Thanks @vgkg Z-7 Va

no, not worth the risk to my health.

It’s been amusing to me reading what people consider a risk. Estimates are that 25% of chicken, give or take, from grocery stores are contaminated with salmonella. The opportunity for cross contamination is big, regardless of how careful you are. Pastry boards and rolling pins handled as thoigh they're safe, despite risks of e coli and salmonella from raw flour. Over a million Americans a year get salmonella poisoning, 429 die.

But these products, mass produced by a huge company, distributed for the better part of a year before being recalled because they "may" have been exposed… no known victims… THAT's considered risky! 🤷‍♀️

@foodonastump there's very little common sense left in America. The cultural and intellectual decay over the past few decades has been astounding, and it's been accelerated by technology. People who have never seen a chicken in real life, or planted a lettuce, devoid of purpose or connection to nature, raised between 4 plaster walls in front of a TV with a boxed dinner for sustenance, seeking a morsel of meaning in climate religion or adherence to genital mutilation cults. Tragic to see.

" Estimates are that 25% of chicken, give or take, from grocery stores are contaminated with salmonella. "

I thought it was higher than that; I presume all meat I buy from a grocery store contaminated.

We even persuade children to be careful of what they eat...

https://makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music_library_songbook/found-a-peanut-lyrics

What I cannot understand is the idea that organic is better. Yes, if no chemical spray, no for the manure.

" organic is better "

Better is a very imprecise word......."Better" in what way? My brother only ate organic bananas, because he thought they tasted better, not because of chemicals, safety, or nutrition. To him they were better, but maybe not to others, and maybe not because of things other people want from organics.

Not out of touch with nature here, and I tend to think that if a company goes so far as to issue a recall, I should pay attention. I've worked in a number of restaurants and other public places that serve food, so I'm rather familiar with best practices for food handling and safety.

FWIW, edible gardening for almost 30 years now as well.

To be honest, almost all of the foods I buy tend not to be on recall lists anyway - they're mostly minimally or unprocessed.

And since when does common sense involve ignoring health authorities?

Absolutely not! I wouldn’t feed recalled food to my cats either!

debra

Cooking a chicken or other raw meat with salmonella usually takes care of that problem as long as it's not undercooked, but Quaker Oats recently recalled some of their contaminated cereal products which are consumed as is or with added milk. That's problematic.

" there's very little common sense left in America. The cultural and intellectual decay over the past few decades has been astounding, and it's been accelerated by technology. "

Awesome!.

Quaker Oats recently recalled some of their contaminated cereal products

Yes, Quaker products is exactly what we’re discussing. Welcome to the conversation! 🙂

But I’ll offer a correction. Not necessarily contaminated but “possibly” contaminated, and, to repeat myself, apparently distributed and eaten for a good portion of the year without known incident. Re cooking chicken, yes I know that. But I specifically mentioned cross contamination, like the drop of chicken goo that ends up on your counter. Concerning enough that the FDA recommends not washing chicken because of splashes.