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General Mills again recalls Gold Medal flour; Salmonella is the problem this time

By Coral Beach on January 24, 2019

General Mills Inc. has initiated a recall of all 5-pound bags of its Gold Medal brand unbleached flour with the “better if used by” date of April 20, 2020, after finding Salmonella in a sample.
Continue Reading General Mills again recalls Gold Medal flour; Salmonella is the problem this time

CDC closes flour/E. coli investigation; expects more illnesses

By Coral Beach on September 30, 2016

Federal health officials have concluded their investigation involving General Mills flour implicated in an E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 63 between December 2015 and now, but they say more people are expected to…
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UPDATED: General Mills pulls Betty Crocker mixes because of E. coli

By Coral Beach on July 11, 2016

UPDATED CONTENT July 13: General Mills Inc. updated its recall notice, removing the regular version of its “Betty Crocker Super Moist Rainbow Bit Cake Mix” distributed in the United States. Only the “Betty Crocker Delights …
Continue Reading UPDATED: General Mills pulls Betty Crocker mixes because of E. coli

E. coli source remains elusive; General Mills recall spans Pacific

By Coral Beach on July 8, 2016

Five days after General Mills Inc. tripled the size of its flour recall — now at 30 million pounds — officials in China warned people there to stop using certain bags of Gold Medal flour…
Continue Reading E. coli source remains elusive; General Mills recall spans Pacific

Consumers had key to unlock E. coli outbreak linked to flour

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 29, 2016

Editor’s note: This blog by FDA’s Stephen Ostroff and Kathleen Gensheimer was originally posted by the agency as part of its “FDA Voice” series on June 28, 2016.

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Continue Reading Consumers had key to unlock E. coli outbreak linked to flour

Flour could be pathogen-free, but industry, FDA must act now

By Coral Beach on June 17, 2016

Dozens of people are recovering from E. coli infections in the midst of a recall of millions of pounds of flour linked to their illnesses, but nothing new is in the works to prevent such…
Continue Reading Flour could be pathogen-free, but industry, FDA must act now

FDA finds outbreak strain of E. coli in General Mills flour

By Coral Beach on June 10, 2016

Federal officials have matched E. coli O121 from a sample of General Mills flour recovered from a sick person’s home to the outbreak strain that has sickened at least 38 people since December. The discovery…
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Recalled flour didn’t just go to retailers, restaurants

By Coral Beach on June 3, 2016

General Mills Inc. and federal officials have been working together to account for recalled flour that has been linked to an E. coli outbreak and that was sent to food producers in addition to retailers…
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CDC confirms E. coli outbreak linked to General Mills flour

By Coral Beach on June 1, 2016

Federal officials identified the current, ongoing outbreak of E. coli in February, but it took until late April for investigators to find the common denominators that led to General Mills’ recall of 10 million pounds …
Continue Reading CDC confirms E. coli outbreak linked to General Mills flour

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