Hello99, it is sad that you are actually impressed by someone admitting they were wrong. Intellectual honesty is the basis of any discussion. As an aside, not all of my posts make it through the filter, so you do not hear everything I have to say.
I think there is a way to check the manufacturing date on a given product, which goes a long way in determining whether it has a chashash chodosh. I checked a few cereal boxes and could not decipher it. Maybe you know how to do it.