Milled Brown Flax Recalled Due to Plastic Contamination Risk
Scoular Grain Co is recalling 40,000 pounds of Milled Brown Flax (lot REG23268) distributed in Texas and Canada due to plastic foreign object contamination. The product poses a choking and injury hazard if consumed.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: FDA Class II recall for plastic foreign object contamination in food product. No illnesses or injuries reported in source, but plastic in food presents a choking and injury hazard, meeting the criterion for a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported.
Plain-English summary
Scoular Grain Co is recalling Milled Brown Flax (MBF9) in 50-pound bags bearing lot code REG23268. The product, totaling approximately 40,000 pounds, was distributed in Texas and Canada.
The recall was issued due to plastic foreign objects found in the milled flax. Plastic contamination presents a choking hazard and potential injury risk if consumed.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it and should verify the lot code REG23268 on package labels.
This Class II recall is being monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The recalled product
- Product
- Milled Brown Flax - MBF9, 50lb bag
- Manufacturer
- Scoular Grain Co
- Category
- Food — Grain Ingredients
- Hazard
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Lot: REG23268
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by Scoular Grain Co under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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