The FDA is investigating scores of reports from consumers who say they fell ill after consuming Lucky Charms.
, a real-time consumer reporting platform for food safety issues, shows that Lucky Charms complaints have been trending since late 2021. But they’ve surged in recent weeks, with reports surpassing 3,000. Complaints have come from every U.S. state and Canada.Andrea Williamson, a spokesperson for General Mills, told The Post that food safety is the company’s “top priority.”
“We take the consumer concerns reported via a third-party website very seriously. Through our continuing internal investigations, we have not found any evidence of consumer illness linked to the consumption of Lucky Charms,” Williamson said in an email. “We encourage consumers to please share any concerns directly with General Mills to ensure they can be appropriately addressed.”The stream of reports on iwaspoisoned.
“My daughter became very sick. 102.7 temp, vomiting, stomach pain and chills. She isn’t able to keep sips of water down. I asked her about everything she had eaten and drank in the past 24 hours and couldn’t figure it out until I saw the news report,” one consumer from Grand Forks, N.D., posted over the weekend.“Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and horrible belching with an awful taste, almost chemical. Household of 4 all experienced the same thing,” a consumer from Defiance, Ohio, reported.
“I bought Lucky charms for my son and grandson. They both had nausea and stomach pains. We all ate the same except the Lucky Charms. They ate it several days in a row as a afternoon snack and would get these symptoms,” another consumer from Blairsville, Ga., wrote. “No more Lucky Charms and they are both ok now.”Foodborne illnesses tied to cereal are uncommon — largely because cereal is baked, which usually kills pathogens — but not unheard of.
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