Pizza Flour Recalled for Potential Foreign Material Contamination
Mennel Milling Company is recalling pizza flour due to potential contamination with metal, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. Approximately 2.6 million pounds were distributed across Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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: This is a Class II recall with potential for serious injury from foreign material contamination (metal, hard objects) in food, but no reported illnesses or injuries documented in the source. Per the rubric, risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported score 3.
Plain-English summary
Mennel Milling Company is recalling PIZZA FLOUR EN MA BL, a commercial flour product delivered in bulk trailers of approximately 50,000 lbs each. The recall affects approximately 2.6 million pounds distributed to commercial customers in Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
The recall was initiated due to potential contamination with foreign material, including metal fragments, wood, gasket material, and sifter balls. These contaminants pose a risk of injury if ingested in pizza dough or finished baked products.
Affected lot codes include 24024-36, 24024-43, 24024-46, 24024-51, 24024-55, and 24025 and 24026 and 24027 and 24028 and 24029 series codes spanning January through March 2024. The product code is S450T1-00439.
Businesses that received this flour should stop using it immediately and quarantine affected inventory. Foodservice establishments should verify whether products made with this flour were served during the distribution period. Consumers who suspect they consumed affected products should cease consumption and seek medical attention if they experience symptoms.
The recalled product
- Product
- PIZZA FLOUR EN MA BL delivered as bulk product in approximately 50,000 lbs trailers
- Manufacturer
- Mennel Milling Company
- Category
- Food — Bulk 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: 24024-36
- 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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