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I ate lucky charms this morning because my school serves them well in my biology class I started feeling nauseous and also my mouth kept felling with seliva and when I got home I started coughing and gagging a little and I felt horrible so general mills... See More whatever you have in your cereals fix it. |Symptoms Nausea Gagging | Symptoms: Nausea, Cough See Less

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I experienced extreme nausea, vomitin, and diarrhea approx 30 minutes after eating a bowl of Golden Grahams cereal. It was extreme and projectile vomiting. I felt sick as a dog after. It was the only thing I had eaten that day. Then again a week later, I... See More poured another bowl with a different non- dairy milk and the same thing happened! Violent vomiting. I had no other flu like symptoms and was fine afterwards. I'm not sure whats's in the new Golden Grahams "retro" cereal but General Mills needs to recall it. Too many people expericing the same issues. | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting See Less

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General Mills today announced a voluntary national recall of two-, five- and 10-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour with a “better if used by” date of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024. The recall is being issued for the potential... See More presence of Salmonella Infantis, which was discovered during sampling of the five-pound bag product. Consumers reminded that flour is not a ready-to-eat ingredient.

This recall affects two date codes of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour in the five- and ten pound bags and two date codes of Gold Medal Bleached All Purpose Flour in the two- and five-pound bags. All other types of Gold Medal Flour are not affected by this recall.

Consumers are asked to check their pantries and dispose of the product affected by this recall. Consumers who have had to discard products covered by this recall may contact General Mills Consumer Relations.

Guidance from the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control(CDC) warn that consumers should refrain from consuming any raw products made with flour. Salmonella Infantisis killed by heat through baking, frying, sautéing or boiling products made with flour. All surfaces, hands and utensils should be properly cleaned after contact with flour or dough. This voluntary recall includes the following code dates currently in stores or consumers’ pantries:

- Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose 5LB Flour, Package UPC: 000-16000-19610, Recalled Better if Used by Date: 27MAR2024 and 28MAR2024
- Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose 10LB Flour, Package UPC: 000-16000-19580, Recalled Better if Used by Date: 27MAR2024 and 28MAR2024
- Gold Medal Bleached All Purpose 2LB Flour, Package UPC: 000-16000-10710, Recalled Better if Used by Date: 27MAR2024 and 28MAR2024
- Gold Medal Bleached All Purpose 5LB Flour, Package UPC: 000-16000-10610, Recalled Better if Used by Date: 27MAR2024 and 28MAR2024

In case you are experiencing Salmonella symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever, it is important to report it. It can help to detect & resolve outbreaks early and prevent others from being harmed, and it enables better surveillance. If symptoms persist, seek medical care.

Company name: General Mills
Brand name: Gold Medal
Product recalled: All Purpose Flour, bleached and unbleached
Reason of the recall: Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella
FDA Recall date: April 28, 2023

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I live in Australia and bought lucky charms from a us candy shop and I’ve been sick since I bought them everyday I eat them I am vomiting after and having severe stomach pains | Symptoms: Nausea, Vomiting, Stomach Pain See Less

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Update May 01, 2023

As of May 01, 2023, 13 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Infantis have been reported from 12 states (CA, IA, IL, MN, MO, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OR, TN, and VA). 3 have been hospitalized and no deaths have been... See More reported. Illnesses started on dates ranging from December 6, 2022, to March 1, 2023. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data show that Gold Medal brand flour contaminated with Salmonella has made people sick.

On April 28, 2023, General Mills voluntarily issued a nationwide recall of 2-pound, 5-pound, and 10-pound bags of Gold Medal Bleached and Unbleached All-Purpose Flour with “Better if Used By” dates of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024. The recalled products are:
- Gold Medal Unbleached All-Purpose Flour (5 lb bag) UPC: 000-16000-19610
- Gold Medal Unbleached All-Purpose Flour (10 lb bag) UPC: 000-16000-19580
- Gold Medal Bleached All-Purpose Flour (2 lb bag) UPC: 000-16000-10710
- Gold Medal Bleached All-Purpose Flour (5 lb bag) UPC: 000-16000-10610

CDC advises consumers to throw away or return any bags of recalled flour and to wash any containers used to store recalled flour with warm water and soap. The investigation is ongoing.

Source: CDC

March 30, 2023

CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the FDA are investigating a Salmonella Infantis outbreak linked to flour. As of March 30, 2023, 12 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Infantis have been reported from 11 states (CA, IA, IL, MN, MO, NE, NY, OH, OR, TN, and VA). 3 have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported.

Most people reported eating raw dough or batter made with flour before they got sick. Flour was the only common ingredient in the raw dough or batter people reported eating. Investigators are working to identify a specific brand of flour linked to illnesses.

Flour doesn’t look like a raw food, but most flour is raw. This means that it hasn’t been treated to kill germs that cause food poisoning. Any raw (unbaked) flour used to make dough or batter can be contaminated with germs like Salmonella, but Salmonella germs are killed when flour is cooked or baked. You can get sick after eating or tasting raw dough or batter. Children can get sick from handling or eating raw dough used for crafts or play clay.

CDC advises taking these precautions:
- Do not eat raw dough or batter – even a small amount can make you or your child sick. Bake or cook food made with raw flour, like cookie dough or cake batter, before eating it
- Buy heat-treated flour to use in recipes for homemade playdough.
- Wash any bowls, utensils, and surfaces that touched raw flour with warm water and soap.
- Wash your hands with warm water and soap before and after using raw flour.
- Keep raw flour, dough, and batter separate from foods that won’t be cooked.

In case you are experiencing Salmonella symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever, it is important to report it. It can help to detect & resolve outbreaks early and prevent others from being harmed, and it enables better surveillance. If symptoms persist, seek medical care.

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My child got sick after eating the limited edition Lucky Charms that are green for St. Patrick's Day | Symptoms: Nausea, Vomiting See Less

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I’ve had severe diarrhea every time I eat plain Cheerios which I bought from there. Once I stopped eating Cheerios no more diarrhea. This needs to be investigated. #PlainCheeriosDiarrhea #CheeriosDiarrhea #GeneralMills | Symptoms: Diarrhea See Less

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I ate Lucky Charms cereal this morning and got nauseous and had diarrhea. My watery stool was green and continued for several hours. | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Green Stool See Less

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I bought box of Morning Summit cereal ($13) because it was packaged as a healthy breakfast cereal showing big bowl of cereal, almonds, cranberries, cherries, pumpkin seeds, etc. on front of box.

I came home from thisnplace and had a big bowl that night around 930 pm.... See More During the night I was unable to sleep because of painful burning in my stomach throughout the night. 🔥 It felt like my stomach was on fire and kept me awake all night, tossing and turning.

I thought it was a new toothpaste I had accidentally swallowed before bed. My stomach was still burning in the morning, and tapered off about noon. I felt bad all day, from no sleep and writhing through the night.

Next time I ate the cereal, I just had a little and didn’t notice as severe burning, but had other food on my stomach. I was convinced I had ulcers. Thought it was because of stress, didn’t think I was that stressed, never had ulcers before. But was certain that is what ulcers must feel like.

Today, I had a big bowl again, and ate on an empty stomach. I noticed when I was eating, my lips would be burning 🔥 when they were wet with the milk when I would eat a spoonful of the cereal. The same firey feeling. It was very noticeable, almost painful. Lips would not burn when not when not touching the milk. When I would eat a spoonful of cereal and lips touch milk, burning. I finished the bowl of cereal anyway. (Mind you, the cereal was not particularly tasty, it didn’t have much taste at all, I was just hungry and it was filling.)

About an hour and a half or so after I downed the cereal I noticed I started to get a funny feeling in my stomach again. 😳 Then my stomach started burning, 🔥 it makes you draw up, you also get a slight headache and feel somewhat weak. I was out shopping and it made me move slowly, like a person might do if they had bad menstrual cramps. My stomach started burning badly. That’s when I decided it definitely was the Morning Summit cereal and I definitely would be returning it to Costco.

But … not before checking the ingredients on the box. So I checked the ingredients on the box. Sure enough, this super mega healthy cereal says at the bottom of the ingredients list “contains bioengineered food ingredients,” below that is says “Ask.GeneralMills.Com.”

So I go to “Ask.GeneralMills.Com” and it explains how all foods in the US contain bioengineered foods, and if you eat anything that contains sugar or soy or corn or any other product made from seed it is most likely made from bioengineered seed and how use of bioengineered seeds have been approved globally and in the US and by the FDA and by the USDA for 20 years, blah blah blah .. in other words, it’s all perfectly acceptable and perfectly reasonable ..

EXCEPT, EVERYTIME I EAT YOUR BIOENGINEERED GMO PRODUCT I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO DIE, LIKE I AM BEING POISONED!

Don’t tell me every ingredient in your list that was produced from bioengineered seed is perfectly normal and good.

MY BODY TELLS ME OTHERWISE!!!!!

ALSO - I do NOT believe for a second all the hype out on the internet about how ‘great’ this ‘Morning Summit’ cereal is. Those have got to be fake paid marketing reviews.

The cereal has No taste, it is flat as cardboard. Of course It has no taste, it is not real food. It’s lab food. Bioengineered GMO food. Plus it burns your stomach.

So no, I don’t believe the fake reviews. Somebody’s trying to make a lot of money on a lab created seed product that doesn’t come from the earth and is impermeable to normal environmental threats, like pests, disease and bad weather conditions. That may mean big profits for big corporations. But unfortunately, it’s not healthy or tasty for us. Plus it’s way ridiculously overpriced for what you are getting; cardboard food look-a-like that burns your stomach, $13 a box. Um, no.

Buy at your own risk!

I hope this honest review helps someone else!

…. Headed back to this store ASAP.  | Symptoms: Cramps, Headache, Weakness, Stomach Pain See Less

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My partner and i suddenly came down with stomach sickness within hours of eating the cereal when we purchased it a few weeks ago but we werent sure what was causing it for sure as it could have been anything the past day or so before then... See More and we generally both eat the same things. We have now traced back the few days we have had stomach sickness the past few weeks and the only common food is the cereal (both almond and honey crunch flavours) every time. we stopped eating the cereal after 2 or 3x but my partner had some of the cereal today and suddenly he had stomach sickness within 6 hours of eating the cereal whereas i didnt have any and am not sick.

also we dont use the same kinds of milks in our cereal so its not the milks (almond & soy which we have daily and are never sick from).

its the cereals. | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea See Less

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