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Firm Announcement

UNFI introduced immediately a voluntary nationwide recall of five-pound luggage of its Wild Harvest® Natural All-Goal Flour, Unbleached, with a Code of AA BEST IF USED BY 010820 CC 15:58 and UPC Code 711535509158. The recall is being issued for the potential presence of E. coli. Throughout routine FDA sampling of the five-pound bag product, outcomes have been discovered to be optimistic for E.coli.

E. coli could cause severe and generally life-threatening infections in infants, older folks, pregnant girls, and folks with weakened immune techniques. The commonest signs of E. coli are diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting, which develop inside three or 4 days of consuming contaminated meals. The sickness often lasts a couple of week and most of the people get better with out therapy. Steering from FDA and the Facilities for Illness Management (CDC) continues to warn that customers ought to chorus from consuming any uncooked merchandise made with flour and that every one surfaces, palms and utensils needs to be correctly cleaned after contact with flour or dough.

To this point, UNFI has not acquired any direct client stories of confirmed sicknesses associated to this product. This recall is being issued out of an abundance of care.

This recall solely impacts the next code date of Wild Harvest® Natural All-Goal Flour, Unbleached five-pound luggage at present in shops or shoppers’ pantries. No different sorts of Wild Harvest® Flour are affected by this recall.

Wild Harvest® Natural All-Goal Flour, Unbleached (pattern label beneath) Bundle UPC: 711535509158 Finest if Utilized by Date: 010820 CC 15:58 (may be discovered on high of the product, see pattern beneath)

Shoppers are requested to test their pantries and eliminate the product affected by this recall. Shoppers with questions could contact UNFI at 855-423-2630 (buyer assist is obtainable seven days-a-week between 8:00 AM to eight:00 PM CST). Any shoppers involved about an sickness ought to contact a doctor.

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