# FDA recall F-2214-2016

> **General Mills, Inc** · Class I · food recall initiated 2016-05-31.

## Product

2 lb Gold Medal Self Rising Flour    Case UPC	000-16000-10730  Package UPC	000-16000-11710  Recalled Better If Used By Dates	23AUG2016KC  Expanded: 	  09AUG2016KC, 10AUG2016KC, 16AUG2016KC, 17AUG2016KC, 06SEP2016KC, 07SEP2016KC    Expanded Recall: 5 lb Gold Medal Self Rising Flour	  Package UPC 000-16000-11610  Recalled Better if Used by Dates	10AUG2016KC, 11AUG2016KC    Expanded Recall #2 7-25-16  Recalled Better if Used by Dates	27OCT2016KC

## Reason for recall

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.

## 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.

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** F-2214-2016
- **Recalling firm:** General Mills, Inc
- **Classification:** Class I
- **Product type:** food
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2016-05-31
- **Report date:** 2016-09-21
- **Termination date:** 2021-03-30

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Minneapolis, MN, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=F-2214-2016

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall F-2214-2016. Retrieved 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/F-2214-2016. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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