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The King Arthur Flour Company, Inc. Recall: Coconut flour tested positive for Salmonella.

United States

TerminatedClass I

Company
The King Arthur Flour Company, Inc.
Product
King Arthur Flour, 100% Organic, Finely Ground, Coconut Flou…
Recall date
March 23, 2018
Terminated
May 1, 2018
Source
FDA

Reason for recall

Coconut flour tested positive for Salmonella.

  1. - Recall initiated
  2. - Reported by source
  3. - Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description UPC Quantity Lot / code information
King Arthur Flour, 100% Organic, Finely Ground, Coconut Flour, UPC 0 71012 10702 5, Distributed by: The King Arthur Flour Co., Inc., Norwich, Vermont 05055 Product of the Philippines and/or Sri Lanka. Not published in this source record 25,200 lbs. shipped to customers Lot # CF22017E and Best if used by: 10/25/2018 and 12/4/2018

Distribution

  • AL
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • CT
  • FL
  • GA
  • IA
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • MA
  • MI
  • MN
  • MO
  • NC
  • NY
  • OH
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TX
  • VA
  • VT
  • WI

Official source record

Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-0991-2018
Event ID
79594
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Company
The King Arthur Flour Company, Inc.
Product description
King Arthur Flour, 100% Organic, Finely Ground, Coconut Flour, UPC 0 71012 10702 5, Distributed by: The King Arthur Flour Co., Inc., Norwich, Vermont 05055 Product of the Philippines and/or Sri Lanka.
Quantity
25,200 lbs. shipped to customers
Reason
Coconut flour tested positive for Salmonella.
Recall initiation date
March 23, 2018
Report date
April 11, 2018
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
May 1, 2018
Distribution pattern
AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, VT, WI
UPC, lot, and code information
Lot # CF22017E and Best if used by: 10/25/2018 and 12/4/2018
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
Public Health Trace retrieval date

Responsible company: The King Arthur Flour Company, Inc.

Distribution map

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map
State Distributed
Alabama 1
Arizona 1
California 1
Colorado 1
Connecticut 1
Florida 1
Georgia 1
Iowa 1
Illinois 1
Indiana 1
Kansas 1
Kentucky 1
Massachusetts 1
Michigan 1
Minnesota 1
Missouri 1
North Carolina 1
New York 1
Ohio 1
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania 1
South Carolina 1
Texas 1
Virginia 1
Vermont 1
Wisconsin 1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

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