Canadian Product: Kellogg's Mini Wheats, Brown Sugar Flavour Cereal, 6 ct., 10 ct, 12 ct, 16ct; 400G, 510G,

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Canadian Product: Kellogg's Mini Wheats, Brown Sugar Flavour Cereal, 6 ct., 10 ct, 12 ct, 16ct; 400G, 510G, 850 G, 1300 G Kellogg Company · reported 2012-11-14

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: This voluntary recall is initiated due to the possible presence of fragments of flexible metal mesh from a faulty manufacturing part that were found in certain Mini-Wheats¿ cereal produced in a single Kellogg plant between April 1 and September 21, 2012.
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2012-10-02
Reported by the agency: 2012-11-14
Closed out (terminated): 2013-08-26
Recalling firm: Kellogg Company
Battle Creek, MI
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): US, nationwide and Canada
States we parsed from that text: AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WYour expansion
The agency wrote a broader phrase; these state names are ours, not theirs. Parse method nationwide, confidence high.
Food category: Grains, pasta & cerealderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-0603-2013

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