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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY
 
ACT OF
2002
I, Jeffrey L. Harmening, certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of General Mills, Inc.;
2. Based
 
on
 
my
 
knowledge,
 
this
 
report
 
does
 
not
 
contain
 
any
 
untrue
 
statement
 
of
 
a
 
material
 
fact
 
or
 
omit
 
to
 
state
 
a
 
material
 
fact
necessary
 
to make
 
the statements
 
made,
 
in light
 
of the
 
circumstances under
 
which
 
such statements
 
were made,
 
not misleading
 
with
respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based
 
on
 
my
 
knowledge,
 
the
 
financial
 
statements,
 
and
 
other
 
financial
 
information
 
included
 
in
 
this
 
report,
 
fairly
 
present
 
in
 
all
material respects
 
the financial
 
condition, results
 
of operations
 
and cash
 
flows of
 
the registrant
 
as of,
 
and for,
 
the periods
 
presented in
this report;
4. The registrant’s
 
other certifying officer
 
and I are responsible
 
for establishing and
 
maintaining disclosure controls
 
and procedures
(as defined in
 
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
 
and 15d-15(e)) and
 
internal control over
 
financial reporting (as
 
defined in Exchange
 
Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) designed such
 
disclosure controls
 
and procedures,
 
or caused
 
such disclosure
 
controls and
 
procedures to
 
be designed
 
under our
supervision, to
 
ensure that
 
material information
 
relating to the
 
registrant, including
 
its consolidated
 
subsidiaries, is made
 
known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
 
this report is being prepared;
(b) designed
 
such internal
 
control over
 
financial reporting,
 
or caused
 
such internal
 
control over
 
financial reporting
 
to be
 
designed
under our
 
supervision, to
 
provide reasonable
 
assurance regarding
 
the reliability
 
of financial
 
reporting and
 
the preparation
 
of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
 
accounting principles;
(c) evaluated
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
registrant’s
 
disclosure
 
controls
 
and
 
procedures
 
and
 
presented
 
in
 
this report
 
our
 
conclusions
about
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
disclosure
 
controls
 
and
 
procedures,
 
as
 
of
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
 
period
 
covered
 
by
 
this
 
report
 
based
 
on
 
such
evaluation; and
(d) disclosed
 
in
 
this
 
report
 
any
 
change
 
in
 
the
 
registrant’s
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
 
reporting
 
that
 
occurred
 
during
 
the
registrant’s
 
most recent fiscal quarter
 
(the registrant’s
 
fourth fiscal quarter in
 
the case of an annual
 
report) that has materially
 
affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s
 
internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The
 
registrant’s
 
other
 
certifying
 
officer
 
and
 
I
 
have
 
disclosed,
 
based
 
on
 
our
 
most
 
recent
 
evaluation
 
of
 
internal
 
control
 
over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s
 
auditors and the audit committee of
 
the registrant’s board of
 
directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
(a) all significant
 
deficiencies and
 
material weaknesses in
 
the design
 
or operation of
 
internal control over
 
financial reporting
 
which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
 
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) any fraud,
 
whether or not
 
material, that
 
involves management or
 
other employees who
 
have a significant
 
role in the
 
registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
Date:
 
June 28, 2023
 
/s/ Jeffrey L. Harmening
 
Jeffrey L. Harmening
 
Chief Executive Officer