Floridians Warned Not To Eat Honey Smacks Cereal

ATLANTA, GA — Florida and Georgia have been added to the list of states with salmonella outbreaks linked to Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal. Health officials are urging consumers to throw out any unused portions of the cereal even if "some of the cereal has been eaten," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No deaths have been reported.

Florida reported two cases. New York reported the most cases with 11.

"CDC recommends people do not eat any Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal because it has been linked to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella infections," the agency warned.

The Kellogg Company issued a recall notice on June 14 for Honey Smacks. A total of 100 people had been infected in 33 states while 30 people have been hospitalized.

"Retailers should not sell or serve Kellog's Honey Smacks cereal," according the the CDC. "If you store cereal that looks like Kellogg's Honey Smacks in a container without the packaging and don't remember the brand or type, throw it away."

Health officials also warned consumers to thoroughly clean plastic containers that may have been used to store Honey Smacks.

The number of cases by state can be found on the CDC's Case Count Map page.

"Health officials in several states collected Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal from retail locations and ill people’s homes for testing," CDC said. "Laboratory testing identified the outbreak strain of salmonella Mbandaka in a sample of unopened Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal collected from a retail location in California. Laboratory testing also identified the outbreak strain in samples of leftover Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal collected from the homes of ill people in Montana, New York, and Utah."

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