Food recall

UNFI General Corporate recall: Essential Everyday, Unbleached Flour, Enriched All-Purpose Pre-Sifted

UNFI General Corporate, of Providence, RI, recalled Essential Everyday, Unbleached Flour, Enriched All-Purpose Pre-Sifted. The FDA's reason: “Product was found positive for Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 13, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 5, 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed March 17, 2020

The recall

Company
UNFI General Corporate (Providence, RI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product was found positive for Salmonella”
Where it was sold
The firm distributed this product to one consignee
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
84552

The product recalled

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

  • F-0561-2020 Class II

    Essential Everyday, Unbleached Flour, Enriched All-Purpose Pre-Sifted, packaged in a 5lb paper bag

    Codes: Lot code 481123- Best by date 12/07/2020

    Quantity: 1440 bags

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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 February 5, 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.