Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal. Net Wt. 13.5 oz (382 g) carton with plastic liner. UPC 84912-00456. Post Foods LLC, 1 Upper Pond Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054

Recall Insight

This FDA Food action (record #F-2382-2016) was formally reported on September 28, 2016, with the manufacturer initiating the action on June 3, 2016. It is classified under Critical severity (Class I), with a current status of Terminated. Post Consumer Brands is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Lakeville, MN. Federal records indicate 73,025 cases units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: Post Great Grains Protein Blend - honey oats & seeds cereal is being recalled because it contains sunflower seeds that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: nationwide. OUS to include: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Food. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 10 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.