The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2550-2016·Announced 2016-10-12

Rabbit Creek Beer Bread Mix Recalled for E. coli O121 Contamination

Rabbit Creek Products Inc. is recalling Cheesy Roasted Garlic Beer Bread Mix because the flour used may be contaminated with E. coli O121.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

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 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

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

Plain-English summary

Rabbit Creek Products Inc. is voluntarily recalling 35 bags of Cheesy Roasted Garlic Beer Bread Mix. The product is packaged in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box, with a net weight of 16.75oz and UPC 010749008243. The specific lot affected has a best-by date of January 2017.

The recall was initiated because the bread mix may have been manufactured with flour contaminated with E. coli O121. This is a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The product was distributed nationwide to specialty shops and was also sold online through the firm's website and Amazon. 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
Cheesy Roasted Garlic Beer Bread Mix, packaged in a plastic bag which is placed in a cardboard box, net wt. 16.75oz, UPC 010749008243
Affected units
35

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)

  • Rabbit Creek Products brand: best by Jan 2017

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 →

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