The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2538-2016·Announced 2016-10-12

Rabbit Creek Turtle Brownie Mix Recalled for E. coli O121 Contamination

Rabbit Creek Products Inc. is recalling Turtle Brownie Mix because it may contain flour contaminated with E. coli O121. Consumers should stop using the product and return it to the place of purchase.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Rabbit Creek Products Inc. is voluntarily recalling 63 bags of Turtle Brownie Mix, packaged in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box (net wt. 13.5oz, UPC 010749011687). The recall was initiated because the product may have been manufactured with flour contaminated with E. coli O121.

The affected product was distributed nationwide to specialty shops and sold online through the firm's website and Amazon. The recall includes products under the Rabbit Creek Products brand with best-by dates of February 2017 and March 2017, as well as products under the Soulard Spice Shop brand with a best-by date of February 2017.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it immediately and return it to the place of purchase for a refund. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Turtle Brownie Mix, packaged in a plastic bag which is placed in a cardboard box, net wt. 13.5oz, UPC 010749011687
Affected units
63

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 114 recalled by Rabbit Creek Products Inc. 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.

See all 114 products in this recall →