Nestlé Canada has issued a voluntary recall on a type of its Gerber baby cereal sold online and in stores across the country due to possible bacterial contamination, the company said in a statement on Sunday.
Certain packages of its Gerber oat, banana and mango baby cereal are being recalled due to concerns over Cronobacter bacteria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said in a notification.
The agency warned against eating the product, distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and “possibly other provinces and territories.”
Food contaminated with Cronobacter may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick, the CFIA said.
The bacteria, which can cause rare bloodstream and central nervous system infections, has been associated with severe intestinal infection and blood poisoning (sepsis), especially in newborns, it said.
Consumers and distributors should look for 227-gram boxes of the dry cereal with the lot code 3334007809 and a best-before date of May 30, 2025. The UPC code is 0 65000 13361 5.
No other Nestlé or Gerber products in the country are affected by the recall, and Nestlé Canada has received no reports of illness related to the cereal, the company said.
The company said consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it, contact Nestlé consumer services at 1-800-387-4636 for reimbursement and then dispose of it.