Severe FDA (Food)·F-0571-2017·Announced 2016-12-14

Chocolate Shoppe Cookie Dough Ice Cream Recalled for Listeria Risk

Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co. is recalling specific Cookie Dough Ice Cream products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination in the cookie dough pieces.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co., Inc. is recalling specific lots of Cookie Dough Ice Cream packed under the brand names Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company and The Baked Bear. The recall involves 3-gallon cartons and pints with specific UPC codes and code dates ranging from October 2017 to December 2017. The recall was expanded on November 10, 2016, after the supplier of the cookie dough pieces notified the company that their own recall had been expanded.

The recall is being conducted because the chocolate chip cookie dough pieces in the ice cream have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products were distributed in multiple states, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Consumers who have purchased these products should check their freezers for the specific UPC codes and code dates listed in the official recall notice. If the product is found, consumers should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. No illnesses have been reported in connection with this recall.

The recalled product

Product: Cookie Dough Ice Cream packed under the following brand names and sizes: 1. Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company, 3 gallons, UPC 40994-42109 2. Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company, pint; UPC 40994-12109 3. The Baked Bear, 3 gallons; UPC 40994-72093
Manufacturer: Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Category: Food — Ice Cream
Hazard: listeria

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 (13)

Code Dates: Product 1: 12/29/17
12/19/17
12/13/17
12/6/17
11/26/17
and 11/15/17. EXPANDED 10/15/17
10/21/17
11/1/17 & 11/8/17. Product 2: 12/13/17
12/9/17
and 11/26/17. EXPANDED 10/21/17. Product 3: 12/6/17
and 11/15/17 EXPANDED 10/13/17
10/15/17
11/1/17.

Distribution

Distributed in 27 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 5 recalled by Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co., 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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