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Just got this in an email. General Mills has issued a giant recall of flour
http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/1122963/general-mills-flour-recall?utm_source=SheKnowsDailyRecipe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160601&utm_term=SKDailyRecipeSubscribersFINAL&utm_content=6842636
I think I'll stick with KAFI wonder what fraction of their annual flour volume 10 million pounds represents? (According to government sources, Kansas alone produces 10.8 million TONS of wheat a year.) I also wonder if the recall affects flour for commercial use? I'll have to ask my neighbor (he manages the local Sysco office.)
As I read the notice, it is still possible other brands of flour could be affected, because apparently what the epidemiologists found was that SOME of those affected made products with flour, SOME of those flours were from General Mills and SOME of those affected ate raw dough or batter. There's no direct indication that flour, much less GM flour, was the source of the E. Coli.
By the time most recalls are issued, a high percentage of those foods have already been consumed, but I do wonder how GM plans to dispose of potentially several million pounds of recalled flour?
As best I can tell, the USDA says cooking foods to an internal temperature of 165 degrees should kill E. Coli. Bread is usually cooked to a 190-200 degrees internal temperature.
With my wife on a low-carb diet, I don't use nearly as much flour as I used to, I think I have at most one unopened bag of flour in the pantry at the moment, and none of my flour canisters have GM flour in them at the moment (because I ran out and haven't replaced it yet.) I use GM mostly for products where I want a lower protein content than KAF AP.
If they're unopened bags and are a product that store stocks, I think nearly any chain store will take them, receipt or not, if only because it creates good will with customers. (I'm pretty sure they get reimbursed by the manufacturer, too.)
Without a receipt, they might only issue you a store credit, I think that would be reasonable.
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