--- title: Quaker Oats Recall, Explained: Products With Salmonella Risk description: Quaker Oats revised its recall notice on Jan. 11, 2024, adding additional items have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. canonical: https://time.com/6548417/quaker-oats-company-recalls-granola-bars-cereals/ author: Mallory Moench article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-12-16T15:19:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-01-19T09:19:13.000Z article:section: Health og:title: Quaker Oats Expands Nationwide Recall Over Salmonella Risk og:description: Quaker Oats revised its recall notice, adding more items that have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. og:url: https://time.com/6548417/quaker-oats-company-recalls-granola-bars-cereals/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c24b3cbeaccdc49/698a4361457a52933ed68439/quaker-oats-recall.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: quaker-oats-recall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Quaker Oats Expands Nationwide Recall Over Salmonella Risk twitter:description: Quaker Oats revised its recall notice, adding more items that have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c24b3cbeaccdc49/698a4361457a52933ed68439/quaker-oats-recall.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Quaker Oats Expands Nationwide Recall Notice as Additional Products Pose Salmonella Risk > Sponsored content. 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Quaker Oats revised its recall notice on Jan. 11, 2024, adding additional items that have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Rebecca F. Miller—The Gazette/AP by [Mallory Moench](https://time.com/author/mallory-moench/) and [Simmone Shah](https://time.com/author/simmone-shah/) Updated: Jan 19, 2026 9:19 AM UTCPublished: Dec 16, 2023 3:19 PM UTC The Quaker Oats Company has expanded its list of recalled items to include additional cereals, bars, and snacks that pose a risk of contamination with Salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration [announced on Jan. 11](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/update-quaker-issues-revised-recall-notice-additional-products-due-possible-health-risk). Products recalled include Cap'n Crunch Sea Berry Crunch Cereal, Quaker Oatmeal Squares, and Munchies Snack Mix. The notice is an expansion of a [Dec. 15 recall](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/quaker-recalls-granola-bars-and-granola-cereals-due-possible-health-risk#:~:text=CHICAGO%2C%20Illinois%20%E2%80%93%20December%2015%2C,young%20children%2C%20frail%20or%20elderly) that included dozens of kinds of “Chewy Bars,” puffed granola and granola oats cereals and granola bars included in snack boxes. Popular flavors including Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal Raisin were among the recalled items. Salmonella can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain in a healthy person and serious and sometimes fatal infections in children, seniors or others with weakened immune systems, the FDA said. The nationwide recall has taken effect immediately. Consumers have been encouraged to throw away any of the products they have in their pantries. The FDA has said consumers can contact Quaker Consumer Relations (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time from Monday to Friday) at 1-800-492-9322 or visit [www.quakergranolarecall.com](http://www.quakergranolarecall.com/) regarding product reimbursement. In much smaller-scale recalls in recent years, Quaker [recalled a pancake mix in Puerto Rico ](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/pepsico-caribbean-inc-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-soy-quaker-pancake-whole-grain-oats-mix)in October and [a specific flavor of rice crisps](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/quaker-oats-company-issues-voluntary-recall-quaker-rice-crisps-sweet-barbecue-flavor-due-undeclared) in some states in 2021, both because of undeclared soy allergens. A combined list of the currently-recalled products is available [here](https://www.quakerrecallusa.com/.) _TIME has reached out to the Quaker Oats Company and the FDA for further comment, and to see if any illnesses have been reported as a result of the now-recalled products._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6548417/quaker-oats-company-recalls-granola-bars-cereals/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6548417/quaker-oats-company-recalls-granola-bars-cereals/"},"headline":"Quaker Oats Expands Nationwide Recall Notice as Additional Products Pose Salmonella Risk","datePublished":"2023-12-16T15:19:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-01-19T09:19:13.000Z","description":"Quaker Oats revised its recall notice on Jan. 11, 2024, adding additional items that have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.","url":"https://time.com/6548417/quaker-oats-company-recalls-granola-bars-cereals/","keywords":["Public Health","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c24b3cbeaccdc49/698a4361457a52933ed68439/quaker-oats-recall.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mallory Moench","jobTitle":"Moench was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau.","url":"https://time.com/author/mallory-moench/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Simmone Shah","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/simmone-shah/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c24b3cbeaccdc49/698a4361457a52933ed68439/quaker-oats-recall.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"quaker-oats-recall","caption":"Quaker Oats","creditText":"Rebecca F. 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