--- title: Betty Crocker Cake Mix Recalled by General Mills description: The news comes after a flour recall possibly linked to an E. coli outbreak that sickened 38 people in 20 states canonical: https://time.com/4402149/betty-crocker-cake-mix-recall/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-11T23:39:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:11:12.311Z article:section: Health og:title: General Mills Recalls 2 Types of Betty Crocker Cake Mix og:description: The news comes after a flour recall possibly linked to an E. coli outbreak og:url: https://time.com/4402149/betty-crocker-cake-mix-recall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac387bd658430dc4/69889b7d0b72e34eca6ea257/betty_crocker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: betty crocker og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: General Mills Recalls 2 Types of Betty Crocker Cake Mix twitter:description: The news comes after a flour recall possibly linked to an E. coli outbreak twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac387bd658430dc4/69889b7d0b72e34eca6ea257/betty_crocker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # General Mills Recalls 2 Types of Betty Crocker Cake Mix > Sponsored content. 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Betty Crocker brand cake mixes sits on display at a supermarket in Princeton, Illinois, Sept. 17, 2013. Daniel Acker—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 11, 2016 11:39 PM UTC General Mills has recalled two types of [Betty Crocker cake mix](http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/11/general-mills-adds-two-betty-crocker-cake-mixes-to-recall/21430081/) in the U.S. and one in Canada over concerns that the flour used in them could be linked to an E. coli outbreak. The Party Rainbow Chip Cake Mix (and a similarly-named product in Canada) and the Carrot Cake Mix were recalled on Monday. The company [noted](http://www.generalmills.com/flour) that “A General Mills supplier used Wondra flour implicated in the July 1, 2016 recall to manufacture the flavor chips used in \[these\] recalled cake mix flavor\[s\].” The July 1 recall was an expansion of a [May 31 recall ](http://time.com/4352941/general-mills-flour-recall-ecoli/)of flours that may have been linked to an E. coli outbreak. The outbreak sickened 38 people in 20 states, half of whom said they had recently been cooking with flour. About half of those people identified General Mills brands, Wondra, Gold Medal and Signature Kitchens. The company says the cake mixes have not been linked to any sickness, Reuters reports. General Mills emphasized that it is collaborating with health officials to ensure the safety of its customers. \[[Reuters](http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/11/general-mills-adds-two-betty-crocker-cake-mixes-to-recall/21430081/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4402149/betty-crocker-cake-mix-recall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4402149/betty-crocker-cake-mix-recall/"},"headline":"General Mills Recalls 2 Types of Betty Crocker Cake Mix","datePublished":"2016-07-11T23:39:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:11:12.311Z","description":"The news comes after a flour recall possibly linked to an E. coli outbreak","url":"https://time.com/4402149/betty-crocker-cake-mix-recall/","keywords":["Food Safety"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac387bd658430dc4/69889b7d0b72e34eca6ea257/betty_crocker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac387bd658430dc4/69889b7d0b72e34eca6ea257/betty_crocker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"betty crocker","caption":"betty crocker","creditText":"Daniel Acker—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/food-safety/","name":"Food Safety"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4402149/betty-crocker-cake-mix-recall/","name":"General Mills Recalls 2 Types of Betty Crocker Cake Mix"}}]}] ```