Food recall

Shawnee Milling Company, Inc. recall: Sysco 25 pound All Purpose Flour

Shawnee Milling Company, Inc., of Shawnee, OK, recalled Sysco 25 pound All Purpose Flour and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Foreign material.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 27, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 21, 2015. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed December 28, 2015

The recall

Company
Shawnee Milling Company, Inc. (Shawnee, OK)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Foreign material.”
Where it was sold
AL, MS, MO, TX, OK
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
71833

The 2 products recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0010-2016 Class II

    Sysco 25 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/22/2016; Always Save 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/23/2016; Best Choice 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/23/2016; Hy Top 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/24/2016

    Codes: Sysco 25 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/22/2016; Always Save 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/23/2016; Best Choice 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/23/2016; Hy Top 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/24/2016

    Quantity: 591 bales; eight 5 pound bags in 1 bale, 50 pound bags are not baled, two 25 pound bags in 1 bale.

  • F-0011-2016 Class II

    Shawnee Milling Company Hotel And Restaurant Self Rising Climax Four Net 50 Lbs.; Always Save Self-Rising Flour Enriched Bleached Net Wt 5 LB (2.26kg) in waxed paper bag; Best Choice Flour Self-Rising Enriched Bleached Net Wt 5 LB (2.26 kg) in wax paper bag; HyTop Enriched Flour Bleached Self-Rising Net Wt 5 LB (2.27 kg) in waxed paper bag; Parade Enriched Flour Bleached Self-Rising Net Wt 5 LB (2.27kg) in waxed paper bag; Shawnee Best Self Rising Flour Bleached Enriched Pre-Sifted net Wt. 5 LB. (2.268 kg) in waxed paper bag; Shur fine self-rising bleached & enriched flour Net Wt 5 LB (2.27kg) in waxed paper bag.

    Codes: Climax Flour: Best By 07/24/2016; Always Save: Best By 07/22/2016; Best Choice: Best By 07/22/2016; HyTop: Best By 07/22/2016; Parade: Best By 07/21/2016; Shawnee Best: Best By 07/21/2016, Best By 07/22/2016; Shurfine: Best By 07/21/2016, 07/22/2016

    Quantity: 1601 bales; eight 5 pound bags are in 1 bale, 50 pound bags are not baled, two 25 pound bags in 1 bale.

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of October 21, 2015.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.