Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls Vanilla Granola Due to Metal Wire Mesh Fragments
Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling Specialty Vanilla Granola because it may contain pliable metal wire mesh fragments from a defective flour 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 risk-of-harm product (metal fragments in food) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for potential physical injury without confirmed cases.
Plain-English summary
Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling Specialty Vanilla Granola (Item 40048) because some flour and flour blends produced at the facility have the potential to be contaminated with pliable metal wire mesh fragments. The contamination is attributed to a defective flour sifter.
The affected product is a 40-pound net weight bag of granola containing wheat, sugar, oat flour, canola oil, brown sugar, vanilla extract, honey, and salt. The recall covers 3,064.4000 hundredweight of product. Distribution was reported 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 stop using it if found. The source text does not provide specific instructions for disposal or return, but standard safety practices for food recalls apply.
The recalled product
- Product
- 40048, SPECIALTY VANILLA GRANOLA (...ATS. WHEAT, SUGAR, OAT FLOUR, CANOLA OIL W/TOCOPHEROLS, BROWN SUGAR, VANILLA EXTRACT, HONEY, SI...., SALT), DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND , 1 Net WT 40 LBS.
- Manufacturer
- Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc
- Category
- Food — Baking Mixes / Granola
- Hazard
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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