Bread Flour Recalled for Potential Foreign Material Contamination
Mennel Milling Company is recalling bulk bread flour due to potential contamination with metal, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. The flour was distributed to bakeries and food manufacturers in 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 an FDA Class II recall of a risk-of-harm product (potential foreign material in food). Per the rubric, potential injury hazards in food without confirmed reported illness are classified as 'High' severity.
Plain-English summary
Mennel Milling Company is recalling approximately 2.6 million pounds of unbleached enriched bread flour because of potential contamination with foreign materials including metal fragments, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls.
The recalled flour was distributed in bulk trailers to bakeries, food manufacturers, and other food service businesses in Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The recall encompasses 37 different lot codes.
If you received or used affected flour, do not use it in any products intended for consumption. Contact Mennel Milling Company or your supplier with your lot code for return or disposal instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- BREAD FLOUR UNBL ENR delivered as bulk product in approximately 50,000 lbs trailers
- Manufacturer
- Mennel Milling Company
- Category
- Food — Baking Flour
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
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 26 recalled by Mennel Milling Company 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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