Food recall

General Mills, Inc recall: Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Carrot Cake Mix

General Mills, Inc, of Minneapolis, MN, recalled Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Carrot Cake Mix and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Three flavors of Betty Crocker cake mix are being recalled by General Mills because of possible contamination with E. coli O121 associated with Gold Medal Flour recall.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 11, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 21, 2016. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

E. coli

Status

Terminated

Closed August 18, 2017

The recall

Company
General Mills, Inc (Minneapolis, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Three flavors of Betty Crocker cake mix are being recalled by General Mills because of possible contamination with E. coli O121 associated with Gold Medal Flour recall.”
Where it was sold
US: All states in USA including PR, GUAM, VIRGIN ISLANDS, except RI, SD, & WV. OUS: CANADA, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, KLN Maldives, MEXICO, Nicaragua, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palestine Panama, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74703

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-2287-2016 Class I

    Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Carrot Cake Mix, NET WT 15.25 OZ (432 g), Package UPC 1 00 16000 40987 0, Carton UPC: 000-16000-40987 0.

    Codes: Better if Used By dates: 12APR2017, 13APR2017, 14APR2017, 28MAY2017, 29MAY2017, 30MAY2017, 07JUL2017, 08JUL2017

    Quantity: 156,370 cases & 466 pallets total for all products

  • F-2288-2016 Class I

    Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Party Rainbow Chip Cake Mix, NET WT 15.25 OZ (432 g), Package, UPC package 1 00 16000 40997 9, Carton UPC: 000-16000-40997.

    Codes: Better if Used By dates: 25MAR2017, 28MAR2017, 27APR2017, 28APR2017, 23MAY2017, 24MAY2017, 25MAY2017

    Quantity: 156,370 cases & 466 pallets total for all products

  • F-2289-2016 Class I

    Betty Crocker Super Moist Rainbow Bit Cake Mix,432 g, Package UPC, 1 00 65633 46589 0, Carton UPC 000-65633-46589.

    Codes: Better if Used by Dates 27AL2017, 08JN2017, 09JN2017

    Quantity: 156,370 cases & 466 pallets total for all products

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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 September 21, 2016.

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.