An FDA spokesman confirmed the Lucky Charms-related complaints earlier this year.
Apr 19, 2022 at 4:10 p.m
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Marketed as “magically delicious,” the granola is under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration after more than 100 customers claimed the granola was making them sick.
As The Associated Press first reported, the agency said on Saturday it had received over 100 good luck charm-related complaints so far this year.
Boxes of General Mills lucky charm cereal are on display at a grocery store in San Anselmo, California on April 18, 2022. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of hundreds of people getting sick after eating lucky charm cereal.
The FDA confirmed the investigation to ABC News, saying it was “aware of consumer complaints about diseases related to Lucky Charms cereal.”
“The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illness or injury. Complaints of a less serious nature or those that appear to be isolated are monitored and the information can be used in a future inspection of a company to help FDA identify problem areas at a manufacturing facility,” an FDA official told ABC News. “During these checks, the complaints are also discussed with the company management.”
Questions have been raised about a possible link between the reported cases and the muesli after hundreds of consumers posted complaints of nausea, diarrhea and vomiting on a food safety website titled “iwaspoisoned”. According to the platform, over 3,000 complaints had been posted by Monday.
General Mills Inc., the Minneapolis-based company that makes good luck charms and other cereals, said its own investigation found no evidence of consumer diseases linked to good luck charms.
“We encourage consumers to share their concerns directly with General Mills,” a spokeswoman said, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Adverse Event Reporting System (CFSAN) reporting page initially found a hundred complaints. The database contains information on adverse event reports and product complaints submitted by consumers and others to the FDA for food, dietary supplements and cosmetics. At the time of publication, the program has received over 100 reports related to Lucky Charms 2022, all of which have been verified and investigated.
ABC News has reached out to General Mills, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the company told the WSJ Sunday that it is working with the FDA.