Kashi Recalls Trail Mix Bars, Bear Naked Granola, Cinnamon Sunflower Butter

SOLANA BEACH, CA: The Kashi Company, based in the North County San Diego city of Solana Beach, announced a voluntary recall Tuesday of three of its products.

The nationwide recall of Kashi Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bars and Bear Naked Soft Baked Granola, Cinnamon + Sunflower Butter is because they contain ingredients made from sunflower seeds distributed by Kashi's supplier, SunOpta, that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the company stated in a news release.

Kashi said customers who have purchased recalled products should discard them and contact the company for a refund. 

The trail-mix bars being recalled are 7.4 ounces with a UPC code of 18627 03000 and best used by dates of Jan. 4-9, 2017.

The recalled Bear Naked brands are 11 ounces, with a UPC code of 84623 10163 and best used by dates of Jan. 10-11, 2017; and 26 ounces, with a UPC code of 84623 10173 and best used by dates of Dec. 24-25, 2016, and Jan. 11-13, 2017.

As of Tuesday morning, no illnesses linked to the products have been reported, according to the Solana Beach company.

"We continue to monitor the situation carefully and will take any action necessary to protect the health and safety of our consumers," the company stated.

Most healthy people who contract Listeria suffer high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea for short periods of time, but infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women, according to Kashi.

The company said no other Kashi or Bear Naked products are affected by the recall, and that the recall does not affect products sold in Canada.

Additional information is available online at Kashi.com or by calling the company's consumer hotline at 877-747-2467 on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. Pacific time.

— City News Service contributed to this report.