Ardent Mills Recalls Self-Rising Flour Lots for Potential Salmonella Contamination
Ardent Mills is voluntarily recalling specific lots of self-rising flour due to potential Salmonella contamination. The affected products were distributed nationwide.
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 under the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Ardent Mills, LLC is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Ardent H&R SR FLR self-rising flour. The recall is being conducted because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The recalled product is packaged in 25-pound and 50-pound paper bags and is intended to be stored at ambient temperature. The recall covers 2,488 units of product produced between September 27, 2018, and December 13, 2018. Specific lot numbers involved in this recall are 454584, 458407, 456851, 458335, 462518, 463236, 465675, and 469774.
The affected flour was distributed nationwide. The source text notes that there were no foreign, government, VA, or military consignees. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific lot numbers and discontinue use if found.
The recalled product
- Product
- ARDENT H&R SR FLR, 25LB, 50 LB, and 25LB (PC)-309951, packaged in paper bags, Store at Ambient Temperature
- Manufacturer
- Ardent Mills, LLC
- Category
- Food — Flour / Baking
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 2,488
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 (7)
- 458407
- 456851
- 458335
- 462518
- 463236
- 465675
- 469774
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by Ardent Mills, LLC under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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