On a consumer safety website, more than 1,000 people have reported stomach symptoms that they say appeared after eating the cereal.
The Food and Drug Administration said it was looking into reports of stomach illness possibly linked to Lucky Charms cereal.
"The FDA is aware of reports and is looking into the matter. The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illnesses or injury," an FDA official said. At first, Ashman said, she didn't connect her daughter's illness to the cereal. Then, on Saturday, she ate Lucky Charms from the same box.
The website allows anyone to report symptoms and note where they believe the illness originated. The posts are reviewed and curated but not individually investigated. Iwaspoisoned.com is one of several crowd-sourcing sites owned by parent company IWP Health Inc.Quade said he first noticed an unusual uptick in reports about Lucky Charms in July 2021, and the number of reports has stayed above average since then.
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