The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1097-2013·Announced 2013-03-20

Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls 7 Grain Blend Flour Due to Metal Wire Fragments

Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling 7 Grain Blend flour because it may contain 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 High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling 7 Grain Blend - Soy Free flour. The product is a 50-pound bag containing wheat, wheat bran, rye, barley, triticale, rice flour, oats, and corn.

The recall is being issued because the flour and flour blends produced at the facility have the potential to be contaminated with pliable metal wire mesh fragments. These fragments originate from a defective flour sifter.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions. The recall covers specific production codes and distribution areas, but the source text does not provide a comprehensive list of all affected units or specific dates.

The recalled product

Product
41511, 7 GRAIN BLEND - SOY FREE( WHEAT, WHEAT BRAN, RYE, BARLEY, TRITICALE, RICE FLOUR, OATS, CORN) DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND , 19 NET WT. 50. LBS.

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (1)

  • 5251205 6221205 7241205 8041205 8201205 9051205 10171205 11081205

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 →