Kellogg's Cereal Recall: Full List (Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops, Honey Smacks)

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(CBS) The Kellogg Company announced on Friday that it is recalling about 28 million boxes of the sugary breakfast cereal kids love and dentists curse.

Although no one has become seriously ill, 20 people complained about a "stale" odor and flavor. Five people reported nausea and vomiting.

The company is offering refunds to customers who purchased any of the four brands of cereal involved in the recall: Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks.

Kellogg blamed the offensive odor and flavor on a substance in the waxy resin used to make the plastic box liners.

Here's what you need to know when you check your pantry:

Check the "use by" date. Cereal boxes stamped with the letters "KN" following the "better if used by" date should be examined. If you find a box stamped with the letters "KN", check the date.

Here are the dates to look for:

Apple Jacks: 17-ounce packages dated between  April 10, 2011 and Jun 22, 2011 and 8.7-ounce packages dated between Jun 3, 2011 and Jun 22, 2011.

Corn Pops: 12.5-ounce packages dated between March 26, 2011 and Jun 22, 2011; 17.2-ounce packages dated between March 26, 2011 and Jun 22, 2011; and 9.2-ounce packages dated between   April 5, 2011 and June 22, 2011.

Froot Loops: 12.2-ounce packages dated between March 26, 2011 and June 22, 2011; 17-ounce packages dated between March 26, 2011 and June 22, 2011; and 8.7-ounce packages dated between March 26, 2011 and June 22, 2011.

Honey Smacks: 15.3-ounce packages dated between March 26, 2011 and June 22, 2011

To get a refund, contact Kellogg at 888-801-4163 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time.

For more on the recall, go to the Kellogg's site.

[Gogators88]

I was just curious if anyone who actually ate any of the listed cereals during that time had called in still complaining about occasionally feeling the same symptoms they felt after eating the recalled cereal even still till this day. I only question this because I was one of the people who ended up getting a recalled box of apple jacks and I was already six bowls into it before I found out it had been recalled and I only found out about it because later on the night I had eaten my sixth bowl I woke up in the middle of the night feeling sharp pains in my stomach and I ended up having diharea for the next three days straight, I lost ALOT of weight during that time because If I tried to eat it would just come straight back out- same thing happened if I tried to drink anything, it was constant sit down get up to use the restroom. Be in there for about thirty minutes go out the moment Id sit back down I was getting back up to go back to the restroom. I got better but after that I couldn't gain back the weight and every once in a blue moon I get those same symptoms. I never had this problem before eating the six bowls of the recalled apple jacks I was perfectly healthy. I just want to know if anyone else has been experiencing the symptoms they had even now till this day so I can figure out if its the recalled box of cereal that is making me sick or if its something thats just wrong with me.

[motorboy46]

What about the boxes sold at Sam's Club with all three ( Fruit Loops, Corn Pops & AppleJacks) in the same box?

[wytefyre]

This article has failed to mention that only packages in the white, paper-backed foil liners are affected by the off-taste and smell. Here's a picture that shows the different liners: http://kic.kelloggcompany.com/FileBlob.ashx?id=82829