The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1119-2013·Announced 2013-03-20

Dakota Specialty Milling Recalls Organic Wheat Flour Due to Metal Wire Fragments

Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling organic wheat flour and 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 (foreign material contamination) where no specific injuries or illnesses have been reported in the source text, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for potential harm without confirmed cases.

Plain-English summary

Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling certain lots of organic high gluten refined hard red spring wheat flour and flour blends. 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 include 50-pound bags of organic high gluten refined hard red spring wheat flour. The distribution pattern for these products includes 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 further instructions. The hazard associated with this recall is the presence of foreign material (metal wire mesh) in the food product.

The recalled product

Product
4060801, ORGANIC HIGH GLUTEN REFINED HARD RED SPRING WHEAT FLOUR(ORGANIC WHEAT), DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND , 1 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)

  • 12041203

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 →