ALDI grocery stores recalled all purpose flour recently due to a multistate outbreak of E. coli O26 infections. As of May 24, 2019, 17 people have been infected across eight states. No deaths have been reported.
Investigation results have shown that of those interviewed, they reported eating, licking, or tasting raw dough or batter. DNA fingerprinting identified the flour as the source of the infection.
Symptoms of E. coli infection can appear in one to three days. But the time it takes to confirm that a person is a part of an outbreak can take two to three weeks.
Learn more at www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2019/flour-05-19/index.html.
