Post Great Grains Cereal Recall: Listeria Risk
Post Consumer Brands recalls Great Grains Protein Blend cereal due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from sunflower seeds.
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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.
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What happened, in plain English
Post Consumer Brands is recalling Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal because the sunflower seeds may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This is a Class I recall, indicating a serious health risk. The affected products were sold nationwide and in several international locations. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/24145-post-great-grains-cereal-recall-listeria-risk.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/24145-post-great-grains-cereal-recall-listeria-risk · Updated October 9, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-2382-2016
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“Post Great Grains Cereal Recall: Listeria Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated October 9, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/24145-post-great-grains-cereal-recall-listeria-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-2382-2016 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-2382-2016%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. It can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women.
Who’s affected
Consumers who purchased the 13.5 oz cartons of Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal between the production dates listed below are at risk of Listeria infection.
How to tell if you have this one
Check for Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal in a 13.5 oz (382 g) carton with a plastic liner and UPC 84912-00456. Verify the Best When Used By date is one of: AUG1416, AUG1516, AUG1616, AUG1716, NOV0916, NOV1016, NOV1116, NOV1216, FEB1817, or FEB1917.
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Post Great Grains Protein Blend, Honey, oats & seeds cereal. Net Wt. 13.5 oz (382 g) carton with plastic liner. UPC- Category
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What to do — step by step
Stop consuming the cereal
Do not eat the product if it matches the description and dates above due to the Listeria risk.
Discard or return the product
The recall record does not specify a remedy such as a refund or replacement, so you should dispose of the item safely.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.
FDA distribution: “nationwide. OUS to include: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Distributed nationwide, and outside the U.S.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 14 months after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- FDA classified it Class I
- Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
- FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
Questions people ask
Where was this cereal sold?
The product was distributed nationwide in the U.S. and also to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vietnam.
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The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
- Official source: FDA Recall #F-2382-2016 (June 3, 2016) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-2382-2016 to see it in context.
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3.6:35b-a3b on October 9, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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