General Mills is recalling about 600,000 pounds of Gold Medal flour for concerns of an E. coli contamination.
The Minnesota-based food maker issued the voluntary recall Monday after a sampling at its Kansas City facility tested positive for E. coli 026, a potentially deadly strain of the bacteria. No consumers have yet reported illness from eating or handling the flour, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcement.
The recall affects just one date code of five-pound bags of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour. General Mills is urging consumers with a five-pound bag labeled with a “better if used by” date of Sept. 6, 2020, to check their cupboards and throw away the product if covered by this recall.
