The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1082-2013·Announced 2013-03-20

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.

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 '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.

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 →