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General Mills, Inc

FDA recall F-0936-2013 · Class II · reported 2013-02-06 · Terminated

Product
Betty Croker, Super Moist Cake Mix, Golden Vanilla, NET WT 15.25 oz (432 g), UPC 0 16000 40993 4, Dist by General Mills Sales, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55440. Case UPC code 1600040993000
Reason
General Mills is recalling a limited quantity of Betty Crocker SuperMoist Golden Vanilla cake because of a labeling issue. Some product was packaged incorrectly, and contains undeclared FDandC color ingredient not listed on the box's ingredient label. The undeclared colors are: Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40 and Blue 1.
Quantity
6223 cases (12 consumer packages / case)
Distribution
AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, MEXICO, SINGAPORE, PAPUA NW GUINEA.
Firm location
MN, United States
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
First notice
Letter
Recall started
2012-12-10
Terminated
2013-06-18
Code info
Consumer package code: Better Used By 14SEP2013 Case code: 14SEP3LD

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.