(WHDH) — Kellogs has apologized after a complaint that said artwork on the back of a Corn Pops box was racially insensitive.
The box in question showed Corn Pop characters hanging out at a mall and a dark colored one portrayed as a janitor washing the floor.
In a tweet, an unhappy consumer asked “why is literally the only brown corn pop on the whole cereal box the janitor?”
The Michigan-based cereal maker immediately responded to the tweet and apologized, saying that the boxes would be updated with new art work.
The new boxes are expected in stores very soon.
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