The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2562-2016·Announced 2016-10-12

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

Rabbit Creek Products Inc. is recalling Roasted Garlic and Rosemary 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 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 28 bags of Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Beer Bread Mix. The product is packaged in a plastic bag placed in a cardboard box, with a net weight of 15 ounces and UPC 010749008106. The recall is due to the possibility that the flour used in the manufacturing process was 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 with a "best by" date of January 2017, sold under both the Rabbit Creek Products brand and the Stevens Point Brewery brand.

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

The recalled product

Product
Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Beer Bread Mix, packaged in a plastic bag which is placed in a cardboard box, net wt. 15oz, UPC 010749008106
Affected units
28

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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