Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls 8-Grain Flour Blend for Metal Wire Fragments
Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling 8-Grain Instantized flour blends 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 'High' severity criteria for potential physical injury without confirmed cases.
Plain-English summary
Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling 8-Grain Instantized flour blends (Item 41653) because the product has the potential to be contaminated with pliable metal wire mesh fragments. The contamination is attributed to a defective flour sifter used during production.
The recalled product is a 50-pound bag of flour blend containing oats, wheat, barley, triticale, white wheat, rye, amaranth, flaxseed, wheat germ, and yellow corn. The recall covers 2,748.5000 hundredweight of product distributed to various states including 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 who have purchased this product should check their inventory for the specific item number and code dates listed in the recall notice. If the product is found, consumers should stop using it and contact the recalling firm for instructions on disposal or return.
The recalled product
- Product
- 41653, MIX 8 GRAIN INSTANTIZED( OATS, WHEAT, BARLEY, TRITICALE, WHITE WHEAT, RYE, AMARANTH, FLAXSEED, WHEAT GERM, YELLOW CORN), DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND , 1 NET WT. 50 LBS .
- Manufacturer
- Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc
- Category
- Food — Flour / Grain
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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