Kellogg’s Mini Wheats, Unfrosted, Bite Size, Lightly Sweetened Whole Grain Wheat Cereal, 18 oz carton
Food recall F-0601-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 14, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 14, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 2,853, 130 cases; 28,158,243 pkgs how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
This voluntary recall is initiated due to the possible presence of fragments of flexible metal mesh from a faulty manufacturing part that were found in certain Mini-Wheats¿ cereal produced in a single Kellogg plant between April 1 and September 21, 2012.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Kellogg’s Mini Wheats, Unfrosted, Bite Size, Lightly Sweetened Whole Grain Wheat Cereal, 18 oz carton; 70 ct case single serve; Canadian: Kellogg’s Mini-Wheats Original cereal 12 ct, 850 G
2,853, 130 cases; 28,158,243 pkgs, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
USA ONLY products with the letters KB, FK, preceding or following the Better If Used Before Date Apr 01 2013 - Sep 21 2013. FrostedCase UPC:3800004996, 3800031828, 3800031833, 3800021992, 3800005337, 3800070418, 3800022055, , 3800038118, ,…
Every code shown here, 807 characters
USA ONLY products with the letters KB, FK, preceding or following the Better If Used Before Date Apr 01 2013 - Sep 21 2013. FrostedCase UPC:3800004996, 3800031828, 3800031833, 3800021992, 3800005337, 3800070418, 3800022055, , 3800038118, , 3800007337, 3800007338. Unfrosted Case UPC 3800058689, 3800021982. Package Frosted UPC: 3800004996, 3800031829, 3800031834, 3800021992, 3800005332, 3800070973, 3800022056, 3800038118, 3800007337, 3800007338, 3800035982, 3800021982 . Package UPC unfrosted: 3800035982, 3800021982 Canadian Case Codes:6410020534, 6410020738, 6410044892, 6410044896 6410052652, 6410052655, 6410056918, 6410058997, 6410058999, 6410059008, 6410059011 Canadian carton: 648041, 648061, 6410044893 6410044897, 6410044893, 6410044897, 6410056919, 6410058998, 6410059000, 6410059010, 6410059013
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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3800031828 -
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3800031833 -
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3800021992 -
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3800005337 -
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3800022055 -
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3800058689 -
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3800021982 -
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3800031829 -
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3800031834 -
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3800070973 -
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3800038118 -
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3800007337 -
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3800007338 -
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3800035982
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US, nationwide and Canada
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 2, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Nov 6, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 14, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 26, 2013.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Kellogg Company, of Battle Creek, MI.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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