Quaker controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Quaker expands the United States recall
The company expanded the earlier recall to include additional granola products and snack items sold in the United States and its territories.
2024
Quaker expands recall of granola bars and granola cereals
Quaker expanded the earlier recall to include additional granola bars and granola cereal products. The action concerned potential Salmonella contamination and affected products distributed in the United States and Canada.
2023
Quaker granola bars and cereals recalled in the United States
Quaker Foods North America announced a voluntary recall of certain granola bars and granola cereal products because of possible Salmonella contamination.
2023
Granola and granola-bar recall over possible Salmonella contamination
Quaker Foods North America voluntarily recalled specified granola bars and granola cereals after identifying a possible Salmonella contamination risk. The recall was expanded in 2024 and applied to identified products and markets, principally the United States and its territories.
2023
Quaker Oats recalls selected granola bars and granola cereals over potential Salmonella contamination
The Quaker Oats Company announced a recall of selected granola bars and granola cereals because of possible Salmonella contamination. The recall was later expanded to additional products. Consumers were advised not to eat affected items and to check the relevant product information.
2023
Granola bar and granola cereal recall
Quaker recalled selected granola bars and granola cereals because of potential Salmonella contamination. The recall was expanded in 2024 to additional products. The incident is classified as a food-safety recall rather than a finding of intentional misconduct.
1990
Historical research at the Fernald State School becomes a public controversy
Public attention focused on cereal-mineral experiments conducted from 1946 to 1953 by Quaker Oats, MIT, and Harvard researchers at the Walter E. Fernald State School. Later criticism questioned the adequacy of consent and the use of institutionalized children in the research.
1990
Quaker imagery advertising objections
Members of the Religious Society of Friends objected to advertising that used Quaker imagery in connection with violent entertainment themes, arguing that it misrepresented their faith.
1946
Fernald State School cereal research
Quaker Oats participated in mineral-metabolism research at the Walter E. Fernald State School from 1946 to 1953. Later scrutiny criticized the recruitment and consent practices involved in research on institutionalized children.