5 lb Safeway Signature Kitchens Unbleached Flour All Purpose Enriched Note: Case uses BB (Best By) format, but consumer unit uses BIUB (Better/Best If Used By). Case
Recalling firm: General Mills, Inc
Why it was recalled
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.
The exact product
5 lb Safeway Signature Kitchens Unbleached Flour All Purpose Enriched Note: Case uses BB (Best By) format, but consumer unit uses BIUB (Better/Best If Used By). Case UPC 100-21130-53022 Package UPC 000-21130-53022 Recalled BIUB MAY 27 17 Expanded Recall #2 7-25-16 Recalled Better if Used by Dates BB 01 AUG 2017. 25lb Gold Medal Hotel & Restaurant Bakers All Purpose Enriched Flour Unbleached Unit UPC 100-16000-14438 Code Dates/Production Dates 18NOV2015KC
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Original FDA code information
MAY 27 17, 18NOV2015KC Expanded Recall #2 7-25-16 Recalled Better if Used by Dates BB 01 AUG 2017.
Recall details
- Recall number
- F-2217-2016
- Event ID
- 74285
- FDA status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- May 31, 2016
- Reported
- Sep 21, 2016
- Classified
- Sep 14, 2016
- Terminated
- Mar 30, 2021
- Quantity
- 614,478 total units for all product
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, United States
- Initiation type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Notification
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Where it was distributed
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.
Data updated September 16, 2026. View official FDA data ↗
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