{"id":594166,"date":"2026-09-08T18:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594166\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:38:11","slug":"woolworths-recalls-own-brand-cereal-over-risk-of-blue-plastic-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594166\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths recalls own-brand cereal over risk of blue plastic pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">Woolworths has recalled a popular breakfast cereal sold in supermarkets nationwide because it may contain pieces of blue plastic, urging shoppers not to eat it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The recall, issued on Tuesday by Woolworths New Zealand Limited, covers Woolworths brand Multi Grain Cereal in 500g boxes with a best before date of 30\/04\/27, sold at Woolworths, Fresh Choice and SuperValue stores throughout New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The affected cereal was also exported to the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Malaysia, Niue and Samoa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">No other Woolworths brand products are affected by the recall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Customers were asked to check the best before date on the box and to return any affected cereal to the retailer for a full refund. It should not be eaten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">There have been no reports of injury linked to the product. Anyone who ate the cereal and had concerns about their health was advised to seek medical advice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Retailers who stocked the product were told to download and display a point-of-sale notice in-store for one month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Woolworths has recalled a popular breakfast cereal sold in supermarkets nationwide because it may contain pieces of blue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[138,144,42,134,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-594166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-business","tag-food-drink","tag-headlines","tag-health","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}