Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls Flour Blends Due to Metal Wire Mesh Contamination
Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling specific flour and flour blends because they 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 84.0 hundredweight of Fiber Plus Blend Poly Free flour and other flour blends produced at its facility. The recall is due to the potential for contamination with pliable metal wire mesh fragments originating from a defective flour sifter.
The affected products were distributed to 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 these products should stop using them and contact the recalling firm for instructions on how to return the product or obtain a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- 42207, FIBER PLUS BLEND POLY FREE ( ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR RIBOFLAVIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, NIACIN, FOLIC ACID, OAT BRAN, OAT FIBER, INULIN), DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND , 19 NET WT. 50 LBS .
- Manufacturer
- Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc
- Category
- Food — Flour
- Hazard
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)
- 12171206
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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