The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1081-2013·Announced 2013-03-20

Roman Meal Twelve Grain Flour Recalled for Metal Wire Fragments

Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling Roman Meal Twelve Grain flour due to potential contamination with pliable metal wire mesh fragments from a defective sifter.

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: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (metal fragments in food) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the criteria for a High severity score.

Plain-English summary

Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling 1,773.0000 CWTS of Roman Meal Twelve Grain flour, manufactured in Tacoma, Washington. The product is a 50-pound bag of flour blend containing wheat bran, sunflower seed, stabilized wheat germ, wheat, barley, sesame seed, millet, yellow corn, flaxseed, triticale, oats, rye, rice flour, black malt, buckwheat flour, spelt, kamut flour, and amaranth flour.

The recall is being conducted because the flour and flour blends produced at Dakota Specialty Milling have the potential to be contaminated with pliable metal wire mesh fragments originating from a defective flour sifter. The affected lots are identified by the following codes: 3231206, 3261206, 5011206, 5021206, 7181206, 7191206, 7201206, 8291206, 8301206, 10121206, 10151206, 11281206, and 11291206.

The product was distributed in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Consumers should check their pantries for this specific product and lot codes and stop using it if found.

The recalled product

Product
13006, Roman Meal Twelve Grain(wheat bran, sunflower seed, stabilized wheat germ, wheat, barley, sesame seed, Millet, yellow corn, flaxseed, Triticale, Oats, Rye, rice flour, black malt, buckwheat flour, spelt, kamut flour, amaranth flour), Roman Meal Company, Tacoma, Washi

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.

See all 52 products in this recall →