潜水简介:
- FDA正在调查在收到至少231名消费者的投诉后，与通用磨坊的幸运魅力谷物有关的疾病的报道，他们说他们或他们的孩子在吃谷物后生病了。成千上万的人报告了疾病，在将幸运的魅力消耗到网站iwaspoisoned.com。There have been no known hospitalizations from consumers who claimed to have gotten sick.
- 根据FDA's website, an on-site inspection of General Mills facilities that produce the marshmallow and oat cereal has been initiated. In a statement to Food Dive, General Mills spokesperson Andrea Williamson said the cereal giant is “thoroughly investigating this matter and fully cooperating with the FDA,” but that it has not found any evidence that its products caused consumer illness.
- Illness caused by dry cereal is generally uncommon as it is fully cooked, with zero incidents reported to the FDA since 2020 until Lucky Charms.
潜水见解：
幸运魅力的主要成分 - 全麦燕麦，糖和玉米淀粉 - 通常与特定的基于食品的病原体（如大肠杆菌或沙门氏菌）相关。根据FDA，自2020年以来，至少进行了三项研究，与婴儿爽身粉配方奶粉和蛋糕混合物等干粮有关。这与14项有关与肉类和生菜等新鲜食物有关的疾病的调查形成了鲜明对比。
FDA收到的投诉仅相当于声称幸运魅力的消费者中的一小部分使他们或他们的孩子生病。Iwaspoison.com的创始人，一个网站，消费者可以提交有关食源性疾病的报告The Wall Street Journal他的网站收到了近3,000个报告，说幸运的魅力使他们今年生病。周一早上，更多报告继续出现在现场。在2021年的整个过程中，该网站仅收到100个关于任何谷物的投诉。
In 2018, at least 135 consumers were sickened, and 34 hospitalized, byKellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal, resulting ina recall。The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the illnesses were caused by an outbreak of salmonella because of unsanitary conditions in Kerry Inc. facilities, which Kellogg sourced the cereal fromaccording to Food Safety News。
Past incidents of foodborne illness from dry ingredients include一个回忆2016by General Mills after E. coli was detected in flour, making people who consumed raw dough sick. In 2019, Pillsburyalso recalled flour但是这次是由于沙门氏菌，对干蛋糕和甜点产品产生了下游影响。但是，幸运的魅力不包含小麦和are gluten-free。
Despite the reported sicknesses, Lucky Charms has not yet been recalled. It can take months for a thorough investigation to occur. The 2018 Honey Smacks recall was announced three months after illness was first reported. Some have criticized the speed at which the FDA handles foodborne illness. Last December, the FDA发布了如何更快地解决食品爆发的计划afterit was reportedthat the agency knew about an outbreak linked to baby formula four months before it issued a recall, after an infant had died.
If sales slow because of the investigation, General Mills could feel some impact. Lucky Charms was America's fourth most popular ready-to-eat cereal in 2019,根据统计数据。约翰Nudi,公司北美零售业务总裁在公司的December earnings callthat its cereal business had performed very strong over the past four years.
