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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nLast month, Minnesota-based Gold Star Distribution, Inc. recalled a long list of products after the FDA determined that the company\u2019s facility was operating under unsanitary conditions. According to the agency\u2019s report at the time, there was \u201cthe presence of rodent excreta, rodent urine, and bird droppings in areas where medical devices, drugs, human food, pet food, and cosmetic products were held.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On January 22, the FDA elevated the recall to a Class II, which means that eating or using the affected items can pose a serious health risk, according to the agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The thousands of recalled products were sold across retailers in three states: Indiana, Minnesota, and North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beloved snacks affected by the recall include Jif Crunchy Peanut Butter, Nutella, Skittles, Snickers, Twix, Haribo Gummy Bears, Pringles, and Takis. Also part of the recall were breakfast items and ingredients including Kellogg\u2019s Rice Krispies Cereal, Cheerios, Quaker Corn Meal, Special K Cereal, and Lucky Charms Cereal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Popular drinks like Gatorade, Coca-Cola, Smart Water, and Arizona Iced Teas were affected as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical items recalled include Halls Defense Vitamin C drops, Mentos Gum with Vitamins (Citrus flavor), Advil, Tylenol, Excedrin, and Benadryl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The full list of recalled products can be found here.<\/a> The list of stores where these products were sold is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the December report from the FDA, products that are \u201ccontaminated with filth, rodent excreta, and rodent urine may cause illness in the animals that consume the food or humans that are in contact with the products.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rodents can carry Leptospira, the bacteria that cause leptospirosis in humans and animals, according to the report. The bacteria can also result in salmonella poisoning, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal illness. In people, salmonella infections can occur anywhere between 12 and 72 hours after eating food that is contaminated with the bacteria, and symptoms can \u201cusually last four to seven days,\u201d according to the FDA website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recall of nearly 2,000 popular products, including Nutella and Cheerios, has been elevated over a major safety risk for consumers. Last month, Minnesota-based Gold Star Distribution, Inc. recalled a long list of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL2dyb2Nlcnktc3RvcmUtYWlzbGUtZ2V0dHktc2NhbGVkLTEud2VicD9maXQ9OTMyJTJDNTI0JnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiQ2hlZXJpb3MsIFByaW5nbGVzIGFuZCBOdXRlbGxhIGFtb25nIHRob3VzYW5kcyBvZiBwcm9kdWN0cyByZWNhbGxlZCBhZnRlciBleHBvc3VyZSB0byByb2RlbnQgd2FzdGUiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.bXQ2ETnsKSV-DZ7UIGGIibgyuGPfI2Rkk2hktWJvCEgMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":61942,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/grocery-store-aisle-getty-scaled-1.webp","type":"image\/webp"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[13422,13423],"class_list":["post-61941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-cheerios","tag-pringles-and-nutella-among-thousands-of-products-recalled-after-exposure-to-rodent-waste"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61943,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61941\/revisions\/61943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}