Kellogg Recalls Mini-Wheats on Threat of Wire Mesh Contamination

The video above is from Thursday's MarketFoolery podcast, featuring host Chris Hill and analysts Joe Magyer and Jason Moser. In this segment, the guys discuss news that Kellogg (NYS: K) is recalling 2.8 million boxes of Mini-Wheats cereal due to possible contamination by metal mesh. The cost to Kellogg is $30 million but, fortunately for shareholders, that's a mere drop in the bucket for the company. In fact, shares were up slightly today.

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