Bulk Baking Ingredient Recalled for Potential Foreign Material Contamination
Mennel Milling Company is recalling SPECIAL CAKE 53869 bulk ingredient due to potential contamination with metal, wood, and other foreign material. Affected product was distributed 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 a risk-of-harm product with potential injury from foreign material contamination and no reported illnesses, meeting the rubric criterion for High severity. Foreign material (metal and wood) in food poses direct choking and injury risks.
Plain-English summary
SPECIAL CAKE 53869 is a bulk baking ingredient delivered in approximately 50,000-pound trailers. Mennel Milling Company is recalling a total of 2,633,960 pounds of this product.
The product may contain foreign material including metal, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. These contaminants pose a risk of injury to consumers if ingested.
The affected product was distributed to Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumers and food manufacturers in these states should check for affected lot codes.
Consumers should not use product with the affected lot codes and should contact Mennel Milling Company or the FDA for additional information or proper disposal instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- SPECIAL CAKE 53869 delivered as bulk product in approximately 50,000 lbs trailers
- Manufacturer
- Mennel Milling Company
- Category
- Food — Bulk Ingredient
- Hazard
- metal
- wood
- choking
- injury
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
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