Rich Products Corp Recall: The product was made with flour supplied by Ardent Mills who issued a recall on flour products due to possible E. coli 0121 contamination.

🇺🇸 United States

1. April 26, 2017 - Recall initiated
2. May 31, 2017 - Reported by source
3. January 14, 2021 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-2242-2017

Event ID

77153

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class II

Company

Rich Products Corp

Product description

ARTISAN-STYLE PIZZA DOUGH BALL distributed under the following sizes and Product Codes: (a) 12 OZ ARTISAN-STYLE PIZZA DOUGH BALL, RICH'S label, Product Code 11268, UPC 0 00 49800 11268 1, NET CASE WT: 12.2 KG (27 LB), UNIT NET WT: 340 G (12G), COUNT: 36; (b) 18 OZ ARTISAN-STYLE PIZZA DOUGH BALL, Product Code 11269, UPC 0 00 49800 11269 8, NET CASE WT: 12.2 KG (27 LB), UNIT NET WT: 510 (G) (1 LB 2 OZ), COUNT: 24; and (c) 22 OZ ARTISAN-STYLE PIZZA DOUGH BALL, Product Code 11270, UPC 0 00 49800 11270 4 , NET CASE WT: 13 KG (28 LB 14 OZ), UNIT NET WT: 623 G (22 OZ) (1 LB 6 OZ), COUNT: 21 --- PROCESSED IN CANADA, DIST. BY RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION, BUFFALO, N.Y. 14213 U.S.A.

Quantity

13,043 cases US (total for all products)

Reason

The product was made with flour supplied by Ardent Mills who issued a recall on flour products due to possible E. coli 0121 contamination.

Recall initiation date

April 26, 2017

Report date

May 31, 2017

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

January 14, 2021

Distribution pattern

AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI

UPC, lot, and code information

(a) Product Code 11268: Lot 77006354, Use By 18/Apr/17; Lot 77007003, Use by 03/May/17; Lot 77007004, Use by 04/May/17; Lot 77007009, Use by 09/May/17; Lot 77007016, Use by 16/May/17; Lot 77007023, Use by 23/May/17; Lot 77007030, Use by 30/May/17; Lot 77007031, Use by 30/May/17; Lot 77007044, Use by 13/Jun/17; Lot 77007058, Use by 27/Jun/17; - (b) Product Code 11269: Lot 77007023, Use by 22/Jul/17; Lot 77007044, Use by 12/Aug/17; Lot 77007058, Use by 26/Aug/17; Lot 77007072, Use by 09/Sep/17; Lot 77007079, Use by 16/Sep/17; - (c) Product Code 11270: Lot 77006354, Use by 17/Jun/17; Lot 77007009, Use by 08/Jul/17; Lot 77007023, Use by 22/Jul/17; Lot 77007058, Use by 26/Aug/17.

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

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 77153 with 2 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Rich Products Corp

Other recalls from Rich Products Corp

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

Distributed No data published

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
Arkansas	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
Maryland	1
Maine	1
Michigan	1
Minnesota	1
Missouri	1
North Carolina	1
Nebraska	1
New Jersey	1
New Mexico	1
New York	1
Ohio	1
Oklahoma	1
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	1
South Carolina	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Washington	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.

Where this information comes from

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

Frequently asked questions

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