Recall-Gerber Organic baby cereals

FYI:

Gerber Recalls Organic Baby Cereals

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gerber Products Co. recalled all packages of its organic rice and organic oatmeal cereals Friday because of potential clumping of the baby food, which can pose a choking hazard.

Gerber said it has received complaints of choking but no reports of injury.

The company said a "limited quantity" of the cereals could contain lumps that do not dissolve in water or milk. The cereals were distributed nationwide and to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Food and Drug Administration compliance officer Sandra Williams said the agency was aware of the voluntary recall "and we concur."

Gerber spokesman David Mortazavi said the company was recalling 306,760 packages of organic rice cereal and 167,724 packages of organic oatmeal cereal.

All codes of the two products, sold in 8-ounce boxes, are being recalled. The organic rice cereal UPC code is 15000 12504 and the organic oatmeal cereal UPC code is 15000 12502.

The baby food should be not be eaten, and customers can call the Gerber parents resource center at 800-443-7237 or 231-928-3000 to return the product and receive a full refund.

Gerber dominates the U.S. baby-food market, with the company holding a 79 percent share, according to Morgan Stanley.

In April, Switzerland's Novartis AG agreed to sell Gerber to Nestle SA for $5.5 billion. Gerber is based in Parsippany, N.J.

Re: Recall-Gerber Organic baby cereals

Wow this scared the crap out of me b/c this is what I buy. I have seen these little lumps but the girls have been eating the cereal fine - I guess it's ok??

Re: Recall-Gerber Organic baby cereals

my mom just called me to tell me this. I cannot believe it.

Re: Recall-Gerber Organic baby cereals

Just saw this on the news.

The PR that a company takes on recall alone is huge. That tells me it could be a serious issue & they are being proactive.

I would return them Although no one has gotten hurt, they do feel it was a risk enough to recall the cereals.

Re: Recall-Gerber Organic baby cereals

I was just getting ready to post this as well. When DH and I were out to dinner we heard about this on the radio. Here is another article link:

http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2007/07/13/gerber_recalls_organic_baby_cereals/

Re: Recall-Gerber Organic baby cereals

being the overly OCD obsessively paranoid about food and choking Ive NOTICED clumping in his cereal and totally wondered if it was from a jar I mixed in, but the jar had no big pieces.

needless to say I set the clumpy parts aside and threw them out, because I just always do that with even stage3 if i think theyre too clumpy.

I hope no harm is done to any babies from this.

ETA: OK I AM overly paranoid, i just checked my boxes and they are Beechnut.. so Im just like this by nature..

Message edited 7/14/2007 11:20:21 PM.

Re: Recall-Gerber Organic baby cereals

Gee I never noticed any clumping.