Food recall

The King Arthur Flour Company, Inc. recall: King Arthur Flour

The King Arthur Flour Company, Inc., of White River Junction, VT, recalled King Arthur Flour. The FDA's reason: “Coconut flour tested positive for Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 23, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 11, 2018. 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed May 1, 2018

The recall

Company
The King Arthur Flour Company, Inc. (White River Junction, VT)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Coconut flour tested positive for Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, VT, WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
79594

The product recalled

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

  • F-0991-2018 Class I

    King Arthur Flour, 100% Organic, Finely Ground, Coconut Flour, UPC 0 71012 10702 5, Distributed by: The King Arthur Flour Co., Inc., Norwich, Vermont 05055 Product of the Philippines and/or Sri Lanka.

    Codes: Lot # CF22017E and Best if used by: 10/25/2018 and 12/4/2018

    Quantity: 25,200 lbs. shipped to customers

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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 April 11, 2018.

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.