CDC Links General Mills Flour Plant in Kansas City to E. Coli
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An E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 38 people in 20 states was probably caused by flour produced at a General Mills Inc. plant in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ten of the people who fell ill were hospitalized in the outbreak, which began in December, the CDC said on Wednesday. The agency’s report followed a voluntarily recall of about 10 million pounds of flour by General Mills on Tuesday. The company cited the E. coli fears at the time, but said it hadn’t found the strain of bacteria in any of its products or facilities.