Pillsbury flour recalled over salmonella fears

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Hometown Food Co. announced a voluntary recall Monday of certain five-pound bags of Pillsbury Unbleached All Purpose Flour, as they may be contaminated with salmonella.

The affected products were sold at just a few grocery chains, including Publix and Winn-Dixie, with the lot numbers and sell-by dates 8 292 APR 19 2020 and 8 293 APR 20 2020. Publix said the recall covers 12,185 cases of flour, and anyone with a bag should throw it away or return it to the store for a refund.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.