The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2554-2016·Announced 2016-10-12

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

Rabbit Creek Products is recalling Garlicky Cheese Pull Apart Beer Bread Mix because it may contain flour 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 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 recalling 17 bags of Garlicky Cheese Pull Apart Beer Bread Mix. The product is packaged in a plastic bag placed in a cardboard box, with a net weight of 15.5oz and UPC 010749007789. The recall is due to the possibility that the bread, muffin, and brownie mixes were manufactured with flour contaminated with E. coli O121.

The affected product was distributed nationwide to specialty shops. Some products were also sold online through the firm's website and Amazon. The specific lots involved have best-by dates of January 2017 and February 2017.

Consumers who purchased this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase for a refund. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
Garlicky Cheese Pull Apart Beer Bread Mix, packaged in a plastic bag which is placed in a cardboard box, net wt. 15.5oz, UPC 010749007789
Affected units
17

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 and Feb 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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