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Firm Announcement

Common Mills introduced immediately a voluntary nationwide recall of five-pound baggage of its Gold Medal Unbleached All Objective Flour with a greater if utilized by date of September 6, 2020. The recall is being issued for the potential presence of E. coli O26 which was found throughout sampling of the five-pound bag product. This recall is being issued out of an abundance of care as Common Mills has not acquired any direct client studies of confirmed sicknesses associated to this product.

This recall solely impacts this one date code of Gold Medal Unbleached All Objective Flour five-pound baggage. All different sorts of Gold Medal Flour aren’t affected by this recall.

Customers are requested to examine their pantries and get rid of the product affected by this recall. Customers who’ve needed to discard merchandise coated by this recall could contact Common Mills Shopper Relations at 1-800-230-8103 or go to www.generalmills.com/flour.

Steering from the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Facilities for Illness Management (CDC) continues to warn that customers ought to chorus from consuming any uncooked merchandise made with flour. E. coli O26 is killed by warmth via baking, frying, sautéing or boiling merchandise made with flour. All surfaces, palms and utensils ought to be correctly cleaned after contact with flour or dough.

This voluntary recall consists of the next code date at present in shops or customers’ pantries:

Though most strains of E. coli are innocent, others could make you sick. E. coli O26 is a doubtlessly lethal bacterium that may trigger bloody diarrhea and dehydration. Seniors, the very younger, and individuals with compromised immune programs are probably the most prone to foodborne sickness.

Any customers involved about an sickness ought to contact a doctor. Anybody recognized by a doctor as having an sickness associated to E. coli O26 can be urged to contact state and native public well being authorities.

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