Kellogg's Recall: Special K Includes Unexpected Special Treat in Cereal Boxes, Glass: 36,000 Packages Recalled

Wake up (re)call!!

Reuters reported late last night that Kellogg Co K.N. announced that "36,000 packages of its Special K Red Berries cereal could contain dangerous glass fragments and have been pulled from the market, the latest in a series of recalls of its popular brands."

How's that for a shocking surprise in your morning cereal box?

Company spokesman Kris Charles revealed that three sizes of the cereal product were involved in this mishap and had been distributed across the United States to a limited number of retailers.

Although no customers have reported injuries just yet, Kellogg would rather be safe than sorry:

"The company took this precautionary action due to the possible presence of glass fragments from a single batch of one of the ingredients," Charles said. "This is a very small recall...We took the step out of an abundance of caution." 

The special details on the Special K latest recall involves:

- 11.2-ounce retail packages of Kellogg's Special K Red Berries cereal identified by UPC Code 38000 59923 with a "Better if Used by" date stamp of DEC 02 2013 KNC 105 00:13 through DEC 02 2013 KNC 105 02:30. 

- 37-ounce club-store packages identified by UPC Code 38000 20940, followed by a "Better if Used by" date of NOV 30 2013 KNB 107 17:31 to NOV 30 2013 KNB 107 20:05.

- 22.4-ounce twin-packs identified by UPC Code 38000 78356, along with "Better if Used by" time stamps of NOV 30 2013 KNA 105 07:00 to NOV 30 2013 KNA 105 08:51, and NOV 30 2013 KNB 105 15:00 to NOV 30 2013 KNB 105 17:05.

Customers are urged to scope out the UPC codes on their cereal boxes and contact Kellogg's for a coupon for a replacement if they match up with the ones stated above.

This company has a histoury of recalls, as stated on cbsnews.com. Last year, Kellogg's issued a recall of its Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size Original and Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size products due to the possibility of flexible metal mesh fragments in the products. 

Now hows that for a hearty breakfast?