A granola for breastfeeding mothers has been recalled over Salmonella contamination

Aug 17, 2026 12:01 PM - 4 weeks ago 5

A Montauk-based granola marque has recalled its granola intended for breastfeeding mothers owed to a imaginable consequence of Salmonella.

The Hampton Grocer announced successful a Friday connection connected the Food and Drug Administration's website that it had recalled its 8-ounce packs of "Lacnola Lactation Granola" because they could beryllium contaminated pinch Salmonella. Two tons of the product, pinch expiration dates of October 21, 2026, and February 13, 2027, person been recalled.

The institution said successful an emailed connection to Business Insider that its constituent supplier, Food to Live, had notified it that 1 of their products had tested affirmative for the bacteria. Salmonella tin origin superior and, successful immoderate cases, fatal infections, peculiarly for group pinch compromised immune systems.

The Hampton Grocer said Food to Live recalled its Organic SuperGreens Powder Mix aft it tested affirmative for Salmonella. It contained integrated moringa leafage powder, an constituent besides utilized successful "Lacnola Lactation Granola." Moringa, a herbal "superfood" plant, is said to beryllium beneficial for bosom beverage production.

In the announcement connected the FDA website, the institution urged customers who purchased the granola to dispose of it and interaction the spot of acquisition for a refund. No illnesses person yet been reported successful relationship pinch depletion of the granola, it said, but the institution has suspended accumulation of the merchandise while investigations are conducted.

The granola was sold connected the company's website and connected Amazon. It is nary longer visible connected either site, but The Hampton Grocer's 8-ounce granola packs of different flavors are priced astatine $14.50.

"As a mother of two, I cognize really jarring it is to person a callback announcement for illustration this," Samantha Sherman, laminitis of The Hampton Grocer, said to Business Insider. "Like galore woman-owned mini businesses, we don't person the resources of a ample corporation, truthful a callback for illustration this is financially devastating. But our customers' spot is worthy acold much than immoderate inventory aliases sales."

The callback comes amid a spate of different caller bacterial contaminations. Earlier successful August, Taylor Farms issued recalls for packaged items containing jalapeños, specified arsenic salsa and guacamole, owed to imaginable Salmonella contamination.

And earlier successful July, location was a multi-state Cyclospora outbreak linked to salad-related products, specified arsenic iceberg lettuce. Taylor Farms removed each iceberg lettuce from cardinal Mexico from waste successful the US.