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General Mills, Inc
FDA recall F-2220-2016 · Class I · reported 2016-09-21 · Terminated
- Product
- 50lb Sysco Classic Hotel & Restaurant Flour Bleached Enriched Malted Unit UPC 34730-23936 Code Dates/Production Dates 17NOV5KC, 18NOV5KC 25lb Sysco All-Purpose Hotel & Restaurant Flour Bleached Enriched Malted Unit UPC 34730-23957 Code Dates/Production Dates 20NOV5KC, 21NOV5KC 25lb Sysco All-Purpose Hotel & Restaurant Flour Bleached Enriched Malted Unit UPC 34730-23958 Code Dates/Production Dates 20NOV2015KC, 21NOV2015KC
- Reason
- General Mills is recalling a number of products because of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O121 that may be potentially linked to Gold Medal flour, Wondra flour, and Signature Kitchens flour. To date, E. coli O121 has not been found in any General Mills flour products or in the flour manufacturing facility and the company has not been contacted directly by any consumer reporting confirmed illnesses related to these products.
- Quantity
- 614,478 total units for all product
- Distribution
- All states in US including PR, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands except AK & SD. OUS: ARUBA, HONK KONG, CHINA , BAHAMAS, JAMAICA, BERMUDA, CURACAO, HAITI, THAILAND.
- Firm location
- MN, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Recall started
- 2016-05-31
- Terminated
- 2021-03-30
- Code info
- 17NOV5KC, 18NOV5KC, 20NOV5KC, 21NOV5KC
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.