Food giant General Mills has announced a voluntary recall for select bags of its Gold Medal flour after it discovered a possible presence of salmonella.
The recall was posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s website and shared that salmonella was detected during a sampling of the 5-pound bag of the product.
The affected bags are the company’s 2, 5, and 10-pound bleached and unbleached all-purpose flour, with a best-if-used-by date of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024, General Mills shared.
The company stressed in its recall that these were the only bags of flour affected by the recall.
“All other types of Gold Medal Flour are not affected by this recall,” the company said in the announcement.
Both the CDC and the FDA have stressed that any products made with raw flour should not be consumed. The recall notice also stressed that this is increasingly important in this situation, as Salmonella Infantis is killed by heat.
Mollie Wulff, spokesperson at General Mills, offered a reminder about best practices with consuming flour in a statement.
“We are continuing to educate consumers that flour is not a ‘ready to eat’ ingredient. Anything made with flour must be cooked or baked before eating,” Wulff said.
Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps and can begin within hours or days of consuming the bacteria. The CDC shares that most people who consume the bacteria recover with treatment, but anyone with symptoms that don’t improve or are severe should seek immediate medical attention.
Anyone who has one of the affected bags of flour is advised to dispose of them immediately and contact General Mills Consumer Relations at 1-800-230-8103.
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