General Mills has issued a recall for Gold Medal Unbleached flour for potential E. coli O26. Three years ago, the same flour and the same E. coli strain were linked to an E. coli outbreak that sickened 63 people in 24 states.
General Mills Inc. issued the recall after E. coli O26 was discovered during a sampling process. The Minneapolis-based company said it had not received reports of illness at the time of the recall. But, consumers who have purchased the recalled product should not use it as E. coli can cause serious illness and death.
The recall includes 5-pound bags of Gold Medal unbleached flour with the following product information:
- UPC 016000 196100
- “better if used by date” 06SEP2020KC
The recall also includes a reference to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance warning consumers to refrain from eating uncooked products containing flour and to carefully wash hands and clean all surfaces and utensils that had contact with flour.
The 2016 Gold Medal Flour E. coli outbreak hospitalized 17 people one of whom developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a form of kidney failure associated with E. coli infections that most often affects teenagers and young children.
The recall associated with that outbreak included dozens of products sold under a variety of brand names all of which were manufactured at the company’s facility in Kansas City, MO.
In January 2019, Gold Medal unbleached flour was recalled for potential Salmonella contamination.
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