Pillsbury Best 5-pound Bread Flour, sold by Hometown Food Company and distributed in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia is being recalled.
This is the second time in two weeks flour is being recalled because of E. coli fears. The recall involves 4,620 cases of the flour manufactured by by ADM Milling Co. in Buffalo, New York.
The products being recalled have UPC codes of 051500200315, lot codes of either 8342 or 8343 and use by dates of either June 8, 2020, or June 9, 2020.
The FDA is advising customers who purchased the flour are urged NOT TO USE IT and to either return it to where it was purchased for a refund or throw it away, a statement from the US Food and .
Hometown Food Company said it was told by ADM Milling that some wheat used to make two lots of the Pillsbury flour has been linked to E. coli illnesses associated with other flour products made by ADM’s Buffalo mill.
Just last week, 14,000 cases of flour made by King Arthur Flour Inc. were recalled due to fears of E. coli.
Symptoms of E. coli infection usually begin three to four days after ingesting the bacteria and most people recover in five to seven days. Symptoms include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting.
According to the FDA, there have been no reports of illnesses related to use of the flour.
