Food recall

General Mills, Inc recall: Gold Medal Enriched, Presifted, Unbleached All Purpose Flour

General Mills, Inc, of Minneapolis, MN, recalled Gold Medal Enriched, Presifted, Unbleached All Purpose Flour. The FDA's reason: “5 lb. bags of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose flour have the potential to be contaminated with E. coli O26:H11.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 16, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 9, 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

E. coli

Status

Terminated

Closed April 2, 2020

The recall

Company
General Mills, Inc (Minneapolis, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“5 lb. bags of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose flour have the potential to be contaminated with E. coli O26:H11”
Where it was sold
AL, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83808

The product recalled

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

  • F-0010-2020 Class II

    Gold Medal Enriched, Presifted, Unbleached All Purpose Flour, Net Wt. 5 lb (2.26 kg), in paper bags. UPC 16000-19610

    Codes: Better if Used By 06 SEP 2020 KC

    Quantity: 127,912 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 October 9, 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.