News What to Know About the Recent Gold Medal Flour Recall General Mills voluntarily recalled two, five, and 10-pound bags of bleached and unbleached flour due to detection of Salmonella. By Sharon Greenthal Sharon Greenthal Sharon is a writer and contributor at Better Homes & Gardens, where she writes, edits, and updates content on the website, refreshing recipes and articles about home design, holiday planning, gardening, and other topics. Before joining Better Homes & Gardens, Sharon began her career as a blogger, then became a freelance writer, focusing on home design and organization, midlife and empty nesting, and seniors and eldercare. Her work has been published on a range of websites, including Angi, Purple Clover, HuffPost, Grown and Flown, Seniors Matter, AARP’s the Girlfriend and the Ethel, and many other outlets. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on May 1, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email The FDA announced that General Mills voluntarily recalled two, five, and 10-pound bags of Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour on April 28. The bags have a “better if used by” date of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024. The flour recall follows the detection of Salmonella found during the sampling of a five-pound bag. No other types of General Mills flour are part of this recall, according to the company. BURCU ATALAY TANKUT / Getty Images The recall affects bags of flour with the two date codes 27MAR2024 and 28MAR2024. Double check the bleached and unbleached flour in your pantry, and dispose of any product on-hand with these codes: Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose 5LB Flour: Package UPC 000-16000-19610 Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose 10LB Flour: Package UPC 000-16000-19580Gold Medal Bleached All Purpose 2LB Flour: Package UPC 000-16000-10710Gold Medal Bleached All Purpose 5LB Flour: Package UPC 000-16000-10610 11 Types of Flour Every Home Cook Should Know and How to Use Them According to the CDC, the bacteria Salmonella affects 1.35 million Americans each year. Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pains, and fever. These symptoms can appear anywhere from hours to six days after infection and usually go away five to seven days after their onset, and the CDC recommends consumers contacting their physician if they're concerned about illness. Children under five and adults over 65 are most susceptible to infection. General Mills reminds consumers that flour isn’t meant to be eaten raw (no matter how tempting your cookie dough looks). “We are continuing to educate consumers that flour is not a ‘ready to eat’ ingredient,” said Mollie Wulff, spokesperson at General Mills, in a statement. “Anything made with flour must be cooked or baked before eating.” This includes tasting raw cookie dough, cake batter, or other foods containing raw flour before they’ve been thoroughly cooked or baked. Also, remember to refrigerate raw dough if you don't plan to bake it right away. Here Are 11 All-Purpose Flour Substitutes That Work in Any Recipe In addition to not consuming raw flour, cooks and bakers should make sure that all surfaces, hands, and utensils are thoroughly cleaned after contact with flour or dough. If you’ve had to throw away flour covered by this recall, contact General Mills Consumer Relations at 1-800-230-8103. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit