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General Mills Recalls Gold Medal Flour for E. Coli Risk
General Mills has issued a nationwide recall over certain five-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour
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Pillsbury Best Flour Recalled in 10 States Over E. Coli Concerns
Thousands of cases of Pillsbury Best flour are being recalled because of the possible presence of E. coli, the FDA announced.
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King Arthur Flour Recalls Some Flour Due to E. Coli Risk
A Vermont-based flour company is voluntarily recalling some bags of flour due to potential E. coli contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted on its website a statement from King Arthur Flour saying the company is recalling more than 14,000 cases of 5-pound unbleached all-purpose flour. The company said Thursday that to date no illness had been reported in...
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Holiday Science: Are Poinsettias Poisonous? Is Eating Snow Ever a Good Idea?
Are poinsettias really poisonous? Are snowflakes really pure as the driven snow? Does feasting really put on the pounds? Sure as sugarplums, myths and misconceptions pop up every holiday season. Here’s what science says about some of them.
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Flour Recall Prompts New Warning: Don't Eat Dough or Batter
The most basic of baking ingredients, flour, is at the center of a complicated question: How did it become contaminated with bacteria normally found in animal feces? The E. coli-tainted flour from General Mills has sickened 46 people in 21 states and prompted about 45 million pounds of it to be recalled. And, the Food and Drug Administration is cautioning...
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Health Officials Widen Flour Recall After Four More People Get Sick
Federal health officials on Friday widened an already big recall of flour after four more people got sick from food poisoning linked to the flour, NBC News reports. No one has died or developed the most dangerous symptoms from the E. coli infections, but 42 people have become ill from the General Mills flour, the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Multistate Outbreak of E.Coli Linked to General Mills Flour: CDC
General Mills is recalling about 10 million pounds of its flour over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak in 20 states.