The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-2556-2016·Announced 2016-10-12

Rabbit Creek Italian Herb Beer Bread Mix Recalled for E. coli O121

Rabbit Creek Products Inc. is recalling Italian Herb 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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Plain-English summary

Rabbit Creek Products Inc. is recalling 52 bags of Italian Herb Beer Bread Mix. The product is packaged in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box, with a net weight of 15 ounces and UPC 010749008175. The recall involves products with best-by dates of January 2017 and February 2017.

The recall was initiated because the bread mix may have been manufactured with flour contaminated with E. coli O121. The affected products were distributed nationwide to specialty shops and were also sold online through the firm's website and Amazon.

Consumers who purchased this product should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions or a refund.

The recalled product

Product
Italian Herb Beer Bread Mix, packaged in a plastic bag which is placed in a cardboard box, net wt. 15oz, UPC 010749008175
Affected units
52

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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