Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls Flour Blends Due to Metal Wire Fragments
Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling flour and flour blends, including Roman Meal New 12 Grain Mix, because they may contain pliable metal wire mesh fragments from a defective sifter.
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: The recall involves a physical hazard (metal fragments) in a food product where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the rubric for risk-of-harm products without reported illness.
Plain-English summary
Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling specific flour and flour blends, including the Roman Meal New 12 Grain Mix, due to a potential contamination hazard. The affected products may contain pliable metal wire mesh fragments originating from a defective flour sifter used during production.
The recall covers 3,000.5000 CWTS of product distributed across 21 states, including Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Specific lot codes are listed in the official recall documentation.
Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using them immediately and contact the recalling firm for instructions on how to return the product or obtain a refund. The FDA advises checking the specific lot codes on the packaging to determine if the product is affected.
The recalled product
- Product
- 10209, Roman Meal New 12 Grain Mix (wheat bran, sunflower, wheat germ, wheat, barley, sesame seed, Millet, yellow corn, brown flax, Triticale, Oats, Rye, buckwheat, spelt, Brown Rice, kamut flour, amaranth flour), Roman Meal Company, Tacoma, Washington, 1 Net WT 50 LBS.
- Manufacturer
- Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc
- Category
- Food — Flour / Grain Mix
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 52 recalled by Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc 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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