Essential Everyday Unbleached Flour Recalled Due to Salmonella Contamination
UNFI General Corporate is recalling Essential Everyday Unbleached Flour after the product tested positive for Salmonella. The recall involves 1,440 bags distributed to one consignee.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Salmonella) without reported illness, which corresponds to a High severity score per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
UNFI General Corporate is recalling 1,440 bags of Essential Everyday, Unbleached Flour, Enriched All-Purpose Pre-Sifted, packaged in a 5lb paper bag. The recall was initiated because the product was found positive for Salmonella.
The affected product is identified by Lot code 481123 and a Best by date of 12/07/2020. The firm distributed this product to one consignee.
Consumers who have this product should stop using it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Essential Everyday, Unbleached Flour, Enriched All-Purpose Pre-Sifted, packaged in a 5lb paper bag
- Manufacturer
- UNFI General Corporate
- Category
- Food — Flour
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 1,440
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Lot code 481123- Best by date 12/07/2020
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
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