The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illnesses after eating it. I had Lucky Charms for breakfast. On 4/15 continued to feel nauseous and then diarrhea began,’ a user from Rochester, New York, reported. Then it was like I had taken a preparation for colonoscopy! After that, about an hour or so later, I got diarrhea and bad gas,’ another person from Pittsburgh wrote. This is actually my second time experiencing symptoms after eating Lucky Charms and I am certain it is the cause! First looked like chicken noodle soup. The agency is currently reviewing and investigating these reports,’ an FDA spokeswoman said. The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illnesses or injury,’ the agency said in a statement. While it is rare for people to get sick from eating breakfast cereal because cereal is baked, cereal can be contaminated after it is baked, typically when the puffs are glazed with a sugary coating or when it is packaged, food safety experts have said. Ate Lucky Charms for breakfast on 4/12 and 4/13. Started feeling very nauseous and bloated to the point where it felt I was in a big bear hug. The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year. Having extreme abdominal pains time I am holding on to the remaining cereal left in the Box and hoping to get it tested soon! Ohio reported to the website. It come out of nowhere lasted for a couple of days,’ wrote another reviewer in North Carolina. My son ate the Lucky Charms and later that day he was ill.

Patrick Quade, founder of the consumer website, said that as of Saturday, his site has received over 3,000 reports from people across the country who have said they got sick soon after eating Lucky Charms. The majority of those reports have been submitted over the last two weeks, which is the most complaints the decade-old website has ever received for a single product, according to the Wall Street Journal. General Mills said it encourages consumers to share their concerns directly with the company. In 2018, a salmonella outbreak traced to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal left 135 people sick across 36 different states. Meanwhile, General Mills Inc., the Minneapolis-based company that makes Lucky Charms, Cheerios and other cereals, said it’s aware of those reports and takes them seriously. And in 2010, Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops and other brands after complaints over the taste and smell, with some people claiming they got sick after eating it. But the company said its own investigation has not found any evidence of consumer illnesses linked to Lucky Charms. The problem was elevated levels of a food packaging substance in the cereal box lining, Kellogg found after an investigation into the claims.

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