The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1124-2013·Announced 2013-03-20

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

Dakota Specialty Milling is recalling 12 Grain Blend products 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 contamination) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Dakota Specialty Milling, Inc. is recalling 50-pound bags of Specialty Dakota 12 Grain Blend 100. The product contains wheat, oats, barley, rye, tricale, millet, brown rice, bulgur wheat, yellow corn, buckwheat, spelt, and amaranth.

The recall is being issued because some flour and flour blends produced at the facility have the potential to be contaminated with pliable metal wire mesh fragments originating 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 stop using it and contact the recalling firm for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
40735, SPECIALTY DAKOTA 12 GRAIN BLEND 100 (WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYE, TRICALE, MILLET, BROWN RICE, BULGAR WHEAT, YELLOW CORN, BUCKWHEAT, SPELT, AMARANTH) DAKOTA SPECIALTY MILLING, INC., FARGO, ND 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)

  • 3231205 4161205 4191203 4251203 4261203 6291203 7021203 9102103 11201303 1031303

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 →