The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1091-2013·Announced 2013-03-20

Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls 12 Grain Blend Due to Metal Wire Fragments

Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling its 12 Grain Blend because it 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 risk-of-harm product (metal fragments in food) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling its Specialty Dakota 12 Grain Blend, a 50-pound product containing wheat, oats, barley, rye, tricale, millet, brown rice, bulgur wheat, yellow corn, buckwheat, spelt, and amaranth. The recall is due to the potential for contamination with pliable metal wire mesh fragments originating from a defective flour sifter.

The affected 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. The total quantity involved is 1,838.5000 hundredweight.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
40730, SPECIALTY DAKOTA 12 GRAIN BLEND 200( WHEAT, OATS , BARLEY, RYE, TRICALE, MILLET, BROWN RICE, BULGUR WHEAT, YELLOW CORN, BUCKWHEAT, SPELT, AMARANTH), DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND , 1 Net WT 50 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 →

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