{"id":460464,"date":"2022-06-09T23:25:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cheerios-cereal-making-people-sick-reports\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T23:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:25:02","slug":"cheerios-cereal-making-people-sick-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cheerios-cereal-making-people-sick-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cheerios cereal making people sick: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2495fac5460\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2495fac5460\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cheerios-cereal-making-people-sick-reports\/#%E2%80%9CCheerios_cereal_making_people_sick_reports%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Cheerios cereal making people sick: reports&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCheerios_cereal_making_people_sick_reports%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Cheerios cereal making people sick: reports&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Another breakfast staple is being blamed for causing upset stomachs \u2014 leading to plenty of belly-aching.<\/p>\n<p>Cheerios cereal could be making consumers vomit and giving them diarrhea, according to a growing number of complaints funneling into <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iwaspoisoned.com\/\">iwaspoisoned.com<\/a>, a platform that tracks food-borne illnesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new reports involving Cheerios come on the heels of a massive outbreak involving Lucky Charms, which has allegedly sickened more than 8,000 consumers over the past year, according to the website and sparked an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Both cereals are made by <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Mills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood safety is our top priority. We take every consumer concern very seriously and are investigating this matter,\u201d General Mills spokesperson Andrea Williamson told The Post on Thursday. \u201cWe encourage consumers to share any concerns directly with General Mills so we can properly and thoroughly investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FDA initiated an investigation of Lucky Charms in early April and has since tested samples of the sugary cereal and visited the manufacturing facilities, The Post first reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have an update on the ongoing Lucky Charms investigation,\u201d the agency told The Post on Thursday. \u201cThe FDA continues to take seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illnesses or injury. As we continue reviewing and investigating these reports, we will provide updates as they become available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Complaints about Cheerios, which have 20 different varieties, cropped up this year from all regions of the country and spiked in April when 100 people reported their bouts of illness \u2014 along with their disbelief that a dry cereal that many of them have been eating since it hit the shelves in 1941 could make them sick, according to iwaspoisoned.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-72-many-flavors.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A cereal aisle displaying many different flavors of Cheerios.\" class=\"wp-image-22595050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-72-many-flavors.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-72-many-flavors.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-72-many-flavors.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>General Mills make about 20 different flavors of Cheerios.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One consumer from Fort Worth, Tex., reported suffering stomach issues after eating Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast for two weeks in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day I ate it, I had stomach problems. When I decided to stop eating the cereal to try to figure out what was causing the problems, the pain stopped im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely. It was a Family size Honey Nut Cheerios purchased in March 2022, I have felt fine since stopping consumption of the cereal,\u201d according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Another consumer from New Mexico complained of \u201cpure pain and agony\u2026holding my sides.\u201d This person said his\/her two young children had a similar reaction after eating the cereal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 2 hours after eating Honey Nut Cheerios I began to vomit and have diarrhea,\u201d wrote another consumer from Syracuse, N.Y. \u201cI thought it was a fluke but after getting sick the second time I knew it was [the cereal].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Lucky-Charms-cereal-20-bowl.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A bowl of Luck Charms cereal.\" class=\"wp-image-22595166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Lucky-Charms-cereal-20-bowl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Lucky-Charms-cereal-20-bowl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Lucky-Charms-cereal-20-bowl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The FDA is investigating reports that thousands of consumers have become ill after eating Lucky Charms.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>General Mills has said it has found no evidence to support that its cereals are making people sick, but a number of food safety experts believe the company should recall Lucky Charms until more information is available, as The Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the company said on an earnings call that one of its biggest challenges is acquiring certain ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve adjusted formulations,\u201d said John Nudi, the company\u2019s president of North America retail. \u201cIn some of our products, we\u2019ve reformulated over 20 times year to date. Every time you make an ingredient change, you have to change the formulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-73-bowl.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A bowl of Cheerios.\" class=\"wp-image-22595222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-73-bowl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-73-bowl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Cheerios-cereal-73-bowl.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The complaints about Cheerios spiked in April.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the consumers who allegedly ate Lucky Charms and got sick afterwards reported having green-colored poop, which could indicate that a new ingredient was introduced to the cereal, experts told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The potential Cheerios outbreak began this year with 16 people reporting an illness to iwaspoisoned.com in the first quarter compared to just nine complaints about the cereal in all of 2021, the site\u2019s founder, Patrick Quade said.<\/p>\n<p>Tachianna Charpenter of St. Paul, Minn. and her partner were among the first consumers who allegedly got sick from Cheerios in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her partner had tummy trouble first after allegedly having a bowl of cereal with milk, and assumed it was a stomach flu or bad milk, she told The Post. But Charpenter claims she had a bowl of the same box of cereal with oat milk the next day and promptly got sick with diarrhea and vomiting. She stated she was ill for the next five days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was bewildered that we could get food poisoning from a dry food,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cbut it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to both of us right after we both ate the cereal.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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