Food recall

Ardent Mills LLC recall: Wild Harvest Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour

Ardent Mills LLC, of Commerce City, CO, recalled Wild Harvest Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour. The FDA's reason: “Wild Harvest Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour in 5 lb. bags has the potential to be contaminated with E. coli (STEC).” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 26, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 1, 2020. 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 July 1, 2020

The recall

Company
Ardent Mills LLC (Commerce City, CO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Wild Harvest Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour in 5 lb. bags has the potential to be contaminated with E. coli (STEC).”
Where it was sold
900 cases were distributed to 4 different UNFI warehouses located in WI, OR, PA, IL. UNFI further distributes the product. 120 cases were distributed to Ardent Mills in Ogden UT.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
84373

The product recalled

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

  • F-0435-2020 Class II

    Wild Harvest Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour, Net Wt 5 lb. (2.26 kg) in paper bags, UPC 7 11535 50915 8, 8 bags per case.

    Codes: AA BEST IF USED BY 010820 CC, UPC: 7 11535 50915 8, Mfg (internal) lot code: 481890

    Quantity: 8,160 bags/ 1020 cases

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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 January 1, 2020.

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.