Food recall

Hometown Food Company recall: Pillsbury Unbleached All Purpose Flour Enriched 5Lb paper bag retail

Hometown Food Company, of Chicago, IL, recalled Pillsbury Unbleached All Purpose Flour Enriched 5Lb paper bag retail. The FDA's reason: “Product may be contaminated with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 8, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 3, 2019. 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed May 20, 2020

The recall

Company
Hometown Food Company (Chicago, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may be contaminated with Salmonella”
Where it was sold
Nationwide through multiple grocery chains, wholesale grocery distributors, and Amazon.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
82349

The product recalled

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

  • F-1210-2019 Class II

    Pillsbury Unbleached All Purpose Flour Enriched 5Lb paper bag retail. 8 bags per shrink wrapped bale wholesale. UPC "0 5150022241 6" - retail unit UPC "0 5150022241 3" - wholesale bale

    Codes: Lot 8 292 Best if Used By APR 19 2020 Lot 8 293 Best if Used By APR 20 2020 LOT CODE INFORMATION CAN BE LOCATED ON THE RIGHT PANEL UNDER THE NUTRITION FACTS

    Quantity: 12,245 bales (97,960 retail units)

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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 3, 2019.

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.