
Confession: I love raw chocolate chip cookie dough; the baked cookies not so much. But this General Mills Gold Medal Flour recall is giving me pause to ever eating raw cookie dough again.
Facts
Flour is a raw ingredient that is intended to be cooked or baked. Flour is made from wheat that is grown outdoors where bacteria are often present and the normal flour milling process does not remove these bacteria.

In order for severe E. coli illness to occur from flour, all three of the following things have to happen:
- The flour a consumer is using has to contain the rare sub-types of E.coli that can make you sick.
- The consumer has to eat raw dough, batter or other uncooked food made with the flour, or handle the raw dough and not wash their hands.
- The consumer’s individual health characteristics will impact if they get sick and how severely. Some consumers have mild symptoms and others get very sick. It is not always known who will get sick and who will not.
This recall impacts the following products: + some Betty Crocker cake mixes (view labels)
13.5 ounce Gold Medal Wondra | |
Package UPC | 000-16000-18980 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | 14MAY2017PK |
2lb Gold Medal All Purpose Flour | |
Package UPC | 000-16000-10710 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | 18JUN2017KC, 01AUG2017KC, 13AUG2017KC through 21AUG2017KC |
10lb Gold Medal All Purpose Flour | |
Package UPC | 000-16000-10410 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | 18JUN2017KC, 01AUG2017KC |
5lb Gold Medal All Purpose Flour | |
Package UPC | 000-16000-10610 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | 18JUN2017KC, 01AUG2017KC, 13AUG2017KC through 21AUG2017KC |
5lb Gold Medal Self Rising Flour | |
Package UPC | 000-16000-11610 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | 27OCT2016KC |
4.25lb Gold Medal All Purpose Flour | |
Package UPC | 000-16000-12670 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | 01AUG2017KC, 19AUG2017KC, 20AUG2017KC, 21AUG2017KC |
5lb Gold Medal Unbleached Flour | |
Package UPC | 000-16000-19610 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | 01AUG2017KC, 14AUG2017KC, 15AUG2017KC, 16AUG2017KC, 17AUG2017KC, 19AUG2017KC, 20AUG2017KC |
2lb Signature Kitchens All Purpose Flour Enriched Bleached | |
Package UPC | 000-21130-53000 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates | BB 15 AUG 2017, BB 16 AUG 2017 |
5lb Signature Kitchens Unbleached Flour All Purpose Enriched | |
Package UPC | 000-21130-53022 |
Recalled Better if Used by Dates |