A 4-month-old Miami-area baby was hospitalized this week after drinking a bottle made with formula and baby oatmeal, which was later found to contain maggots. The remaining oatmeal in the box of Gerber baby cereal also was contaminated with maggots. The baby's grandmother had purchased the baby cereal at a local grocery store the same day that the child became ill. A CBS Channel 4 reporter in Miami went to the store where the baby's grandmother purchased the cereal and found at least one other box of Garber baby cereal in that store that contained maggots. The baby is fine now, but suffered fever and vomiting immediately after drinking the infested bottle. Gerber, maunfacturer of the popular baby cereals, has not yet commented on this incident.
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This sounds like the maggots were in the cerial before they reached the shop, technically the shop keeper is liable, but in uk law at least the shop keeper would have a case with his/her supplier if it could be shown that the maggots came with the cyrial (i.e, the cyrial box was undamaged on the outside)keeping rodents and maggots out of unpacaged food stores like cyrial and grain is a constant battle, and in reality it is impossible to stop them 100%, the food industry does its best to provide acceptable tolerances before packaging and does go to grate lenghs to keep any trace from filled boxes.