Wheat Flour Recalled for Potential Foreign Material Contamination
Mennel Milling Company is recalling bleached wheat flour due to potential contamination with metal, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. The product was distributed across six states.
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 potential foreign material contamination in a bulk food product with no reported illnesses or injuries. The hazard is theoretical, qualifying this as a risk-of-harm product without reported injury.
Plain-English summary
Mennel Milling Company is recalling bleached wheat flour (Product Code 5600352) due to the potential presence of foreign materials, including metal, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. The affected product totals 2,633,960 pounds distributed in bulk trailers of approximately 50,000 pounds each.
The product was distributed to customers in Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Multiple affected lot codes have been identified.
Consumers and businesses with this product should not use it. For additional information, contact Mennel Milling Company.
The recalled product
- Product
- BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR 5600352 delivered as bulk product in approximately 50,000 lbs trailers
- Manufacturer
- Mennel Milling Company
- Category
- Food — Flour / Bulk
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: 24024-36
- 24024-43
- 24024-46
- 24024-51
- 24024-55
- 24025-04
- 24025-07
- 24025-11
- 24025-14
- 24025-17
- 24025-23
- 24025-33
- 24025-35
- 24025-37
- 24025-40
- 24025-45
- 24025-46
- 24026-05
- 24026-10
- 24026-12
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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