Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls Flour Blends Due to Metal Wire Mesh Fragments
Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling specific flour and flour blends, including Quadruple Wheat Blend, due to potential contamination with 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 contamination 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 certain flour and flour blends produced at its facility in Fargo, North Dakota. The recall includes the product identified as 42209, Quadruple Wheat Blend (White Wheat, Spelt, Buckwheat, Calcium Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate-Contains Wheat Starch), with a net weight of 50 lbs. The total quantity involved is 1,397.5000 CWTS.
The recall is being conducted because the products have the potential to be contaminated 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 check their inventory for the specific product name and codes listed in the official recall notice. If the product is found, consumers should stop using it and contact the recalling firm for further instructions or a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- 42209, QUADRUPLE WHEAT BLEND( WHITE WHEAT, SPELT, BUCKWHEAT, CALCIUM SULFATE, FERROUS SULFATE-CONTAINS WHEAT STARCH), DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND , 1 NET WT. 50 LBS .
- Manufacturer
- Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc
- Category
- Food — Flour
- Hazard
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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