Cheerios Food Poisoning

Cheerios Food Poisoning

Food poisoning reports for Cheerios breakfast cereal started to trend in Q1 2022 . Iwaspoisoned now has reports of over 360 persons reported sick citing Cheerios. If you got sick after eating Cheerios we recommend consumers report it, and keep leftover product for testing. We will communicate procedures for testing to everyone who reports their case. 

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I'd like to preface by saying I have been eating little cereal over recent years, but when I have eaten it, I've tended toward organic varieties. My budget is being squeezed, and I can't always afford organic now, so I recently opted for some flavored Cheerios to … See More
use as a snack. I ate several servings of the limited edition "Strawberry Banana Cheerios" approx. two weeks ago, and within hours of ingestion each time, had mucosal diarrhea (that definitely smelled like Cheerios). I thought maybe it was the variety, as I hadn't had it before. Yesterday, I decided to try the "Chocolate Cheerios" I had purchased at the same time, and sadly had the exact same reaction. Something is definitely wrong with Cheerios.

Bar code # for Strawberry/Banana: 0 16000 18516 6, Best by 18 Jan 2025 CW081903

Bar code for Chocolate" 0 16000 16868 8, Best by 06 Sep 2024, CW115803  | Symptoms: Diarrhea
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#cheerios #target #bloomington #indiana #us #chocolate #strawberry #banana #cheerios #cereal

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Honey nut cheerios, Wayne, NJ, USA

1 week ago reported by user-hcwp5598

My husband and I both had a bowl within minutes we had diarrhea vomit cramps fever insane  | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Fever, Cramps

#cheerios #wayne #newjersey #us #bowl

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user-rkkbt298

I can’t eat honey a nut Cheerios because I have a nut allergy

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user-gqrz5573

Dang, Cheerios toO

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Every since I stopped eating both dry cherios and oatmeal daily(because I read about pesticide in them and stopped eating them)the headaches Id had daily for months suddenly STOPPED. I know its not coincidence because they began when I started a daily regime of oats in the … See More
a. M., Dry cherios as a nightly bedtime snack and assumed it was from from almond milk so I quit using it and still got daily headaches and constant dehydration until I quit them. I presently have 5 large boxes of them for the month ordered before I read about the pesticide and cant give it to wildlife in good concience, was too costly to throw away and positively cant eat something when I am so sensitive to pesticides and defoliants so why cant I get a refund on them?  | Symptoms: Dehydration, Headache
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#cheerios #walmart #woodland #washington #us #milk

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Pumpkin Spice Cheerios, Pelham, NH, USA

3 weeks ago reported by user-dtmz2731

Last week I started having Pumpkin spice cheerios for breakfast.  Since than 8 days later, I’m having diarrhea after each meal.   I just realized that my stools have an orange color.   I don’t eat carrots very often.  As I reached for the cereal today, I has an Ah Ha moment.  | Symptoms: Diarrhea

#cheerios #pelham #newhampshire #us #orange #cheerios #cereal

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Stop & Shop, Cross Bay Boulevard, Queens, NY, USA

1 month ago reported by user-xphnf283

Suspected food poisoning. Symptoms: Nausea, Stomach Pain, Headache, other: shortness of breath
Suspected source: honey nut cheerios
Onset: Right away
Duration: Less than 4 hours
Sick: Me
Additional information: i felt sick within minutes of eating the cereal. severe shortness of breath, stomach pain, and vomiting See Less

#stopshop #cheerios #newyork #us #honey #cheerios #cereal

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