The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-0877-2024·Announced 2024-02-28

Mennel Milling White Flour Recalled for Potential Foreign Material

Mennel Milling Company is recalling white flour delivered as bulk product due to potential contamination with metal, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. The recall affects approximately 2.6 million pounds distributed across six states.

What this means for you

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: This is FDA Class II with no reported hospitalizations or illnesses. The potential presence of metal and other foreign objects in flour poses a risk of injury or choking without any reported incidents to date, meeting the rubric criterion for 'risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.'

Plain-English summary

Mennel Milling Company is recalling unbleached white flour delivered as bulk product due to potential foreign material contamination. The recalled flour has 37 specific lot codes and totals approximately 2,633,960 pounds.

The flour may contain metal, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. These foreign materials could pose a health or safety risk to consumers and food processors using the flour.

The affected flour was distributed in Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified this as a Class II recall.

For more information or to report concerns related to this recall, affected customers should contact Mennel Milling Company.

The recalled product

Product
1000000 White Flour UNBL EN MT delivered as bulk product in approximately 50,000 lbs trailers
Manufacturer
Mennel Milling Company
Hazard
  • metal
  • wood
  • choking

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 (20)

  • Lot Codes: 24024-43
  • 24024-46
  • 24024-51
  • 24024-55
  • 24025-04
  • 24025-17
  • 24025-11
  • 24025-14
  • 24025-07
  • 24025-33
  • 24025-40
  • 24025-37
  • 24026-10
  • 24026-24
  • 24026-26
  • 24026-05
  • 24026-19
  • 24025-46
  • 24027-14
  • 24027-19

Distribution

Distributed in 6 states:

  • KY
  • MI
  • NJ
  • NY
  • OH
  • PA