On Thursday General Mills recalled about 5 million frozen pizzas sold nationwide because of possible E. coli contamination. The pizzas were sold under Totino’s and Jeno’s labels.

The company based in Minneapolis said that the problem could come from the pepperoni on pizzas that are produced at General Mills a plant in Ohio. The pepperoni came from a separate supplier and is not produced on the plant. The company refused to name the supplier on the account that the investigation still continues.

The pizzas that are recalled are produced in July, when the investigation of the state on 21 E. coli illnesses begun.

Out of the 21 people that were reported eating pizza with pepperoni topping from Totino’s and Jeno’s, nine of them said that they ate pizza before becoming ill.  

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eight of the victims were hospitalized and four developed a type of kidney failure.

From the cases reported eight were from Tennessee, and a small number of victims were reported in Kentucky, Virginia, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and South Dakota.

According to ABC News, Tom Forsythe, spokesman of General Mills said: “We took action on that basis as a precaution, because of the possibility that a link might exist. However, to date we have found no E. coli in our plant, and we have found no E. coli in our products.”

The company said that is supporting the investigation. It asks consumers to throw away the pizzas that were recalled and that they can get a replacement if they send the bar code from the box by mail to the following address Totino's/Jeno's, P.O. Box 200 Pizza, Minneapolis, MN 55440-0200.

E. coli might trigger stomach cramps and diarrhea. People can be ill from two to five days. Still complications can appear like kidney failure.