General Mills has recently expanded its recall of flour to include flour made earlier in the fall of 2015 that may still be in consumers’ kitchens. General Mills continues to investigate a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O121. A newly-reported illness prompted the expansion of the recall due to it appearing to have been caused from the consumption of raw dough or batter linked to flour produced in Fall 2015.
The FDA and CDC continue to warn consumers to refrain from consuming any raw products made with flour that is included on the recall list (see below.) E. coli O121 is eliminated by heat th...