{"id":1610,"date":"2016-07-22T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T16:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greatflorida.com\/blog\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:03:32","slug":"general-mills-expands-flour-recall-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2016\/general-mills-expands-flour-recall-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"General Mills Expands Flour Recall to Other Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The General Mills Flour recall linked to an E. coli outbreak is making its way into other foods, causing several products to be removed from store shelves. Experts believe more recalls will come as a result of the tainted flour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeniors, the young and those with a compromised immune system are at a greater risk for developing food borne illnesses,\u201d said <a _blank=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dustyns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s largest independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/florida-healthcare-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 42 have been reported as being sick across 21 states from E. coli. This particular strain, E. coli 0121, is a potentially deadly strain of bacteria that causes bloody diarrhea and dehydration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Recalled products\u00a0include:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettycrocker.com\/menus-holidays-parties\/mhplibrary\/everyday-meals\/cake-mix-recall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"cake-mix-recall\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1625 size-medium lazyload\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-300x169.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall.jpg 725w\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cake-mix-recall.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold Medal Flour<\/li>\n<li>Gold Medal Wondra flour<\/li>\n<li>Signature Kitchens Flour<\/li>\n<li>Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Party Rainbow Chip Cake Mix<\/li>\n<li>Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Carrot Cake Mix<\/li>\n<li>Krusteaz Blueberry Pancake Mix<\/li>\n<li>Marie Callender\u2019s Cheese Biscuit mix<\/li>\n<li>Kabob\u2019s Acquisitions Pre- Made Appetizers<\/li>\n<li>For more information on the recalled products, click here:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalmills.com\/flour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.generalmills.com\/flour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General Mills has expanded the recall, \u201cout of an abundance of caution.\u201d Many of the products were made with the possibly tainted flour. The most recently reported illnesses are linked to the consumption of raw cake batter.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/ForConsumers\/ConsumerUpdates\/ucm508450.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/a> (FDA) warns against eating raw dough or raw baking mixes due to uncooked flour. \u201cMost people are familiar with warnings against raw mixes because of raw eggs and the link to salmonella, says Buck with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s leading independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/florida-healthcare-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeneral Mills initially recalled 10 million pounds of flour, but expanded that to include another 20 million pounds after lab tests linked more of the flour to the outbreak,\u201d reports <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodsafetynews.com\/2016\/07\/general-mills-pulls-betty-crocker-mixes-because-of-e-coli\/#.V4-znriAOko\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food Safety News<\/a>. General Mills is working with health officials to ensure safety to its customers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> provides reliable and affordable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/florida-healthcare-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance<\/a>to Floridians across the state. Contact us today for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/get-a-quote\">free quote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/florida-healthcare-insurance\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Florida-Health-Insurance\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-523 size-full lazyload\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FloridaHealthInsuranceFB.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FloridaHealthInsuranceFB.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FloridaHealthInsuranceFB-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FloridaHealthInsuranceFB-150x77.jpg 150w\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"299\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 580px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 580\/299;\" width=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FloridaHealthInsuranceFB.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FloridaHealthInsuranceFB-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FloridaHealthInsuranceFB-150x77.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Mills Flour recall linked to an E. coli outbreak is making its way into other foods, causing several products to be removed from store shelves. Experts believe more recalls will come as a result of the tainted flour. \u201cSeniors, the young and those with a compromised immune system are at a greater risk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":1615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare-insurance","8":"category-floridainsurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13893,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/13893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}