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Gold Medal flour linked to Salmonella outbreak
On April 28, General Mills voluntarily issued a nationwide recall of 2-pound, 5-pound, and 10-pound bags of Gold Medal Bleached and Unbleached All-Purpose Flour with “Better if Used By” dates of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024.
The recalled products include the following Package Universal Product Codes (UPC):
| Recalled Product | Package UPC |
|---|---|
| Gold Medal Unbleached All-Purpose Flour (5 lb bag) | 000-16000-19610 |
| Gold Medal Unbleached All-Purpose Flour (10 lb bag) | 000-16000-19580 |
| Gold Medal Bleached All-Purpose Flour (2 lb bag) | 000-16000-10710 |
| Gold Medal Bleached All-Purpose Flour (5 lb bag) | 000-16000-10610 |
What You Should Do:
- Do not use any recalled flour. Throw it away or return it to where you bought it.
- If you stored recalled flour in another container, throw the flour away and wash the container thoroughly with warm water and soap before using it again.
- Bake
- Always bake or cook food made with any brand of raw flour, like cookie dough or cake batter, before eating it. Do not bake or cook recalled flour.
- Follow the recipe or package instructions for cooking or baking flour that hasn’t been recalled. Use the temperature and cooking time given in the recipe or instructions.
- Buy heat-treated flour to use in recipes for homemade playdough.
- Clean
- Wash any bowls, utensils, and surfaces that touched raw flour with warm water and soap.
- Wash your hands with warm water and soap before and after using raw flour.
- Separate
- Keep raw flour, dough, and batter separate from foods that won’t be cooked.
- Call a healthcare provider right away if you or your child have any of these severe Salmonella symptoms:
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- Diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F
- Diarrhea for more than 3 days that is not improving
- Bloody diarrhea
- So much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down
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