The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1102-2013·Announced 2013-03-20

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

Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling Nickles 12 Grain Blend 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, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria in the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling 4,814.0000 CWTS of Nickles 12 Grain Blend. The product is a 50-pound bag of flour blend containing ingredients such as sunflower, wheat, oats, and quinoa.

The recall was initiated because some flour and flour blends produced at the facility have the potential to be contaminated with pliable metal wire mesh fragments 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.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their inventory for the specific lot codes listed in the recall notice and stop using the product if it matches the affected codes.

The recalled product

Product
41678, NICKLES 12 GRAIN BLEND ( SUNFLOWER, WHEAT, OATS, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SESAME SEEDS, FLAXSEED, BARLEY, RYE, TRICALE, BROWN RICE, MILLET, YELLOW CORN, BUCKWHEAT, BULGUR WHEAT, AMARANTH, QUINOA), 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 →