The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0573-2021·Announced 2021-05-12

Velvet Ice Cream Company Recalls Vanilla Ice Cream for Listeria Risk

Velvet Ice Cream Company is recalling specific lots of Velvet Vanilla ice cream due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Velvet Ice Cream Company is recalling Velvet Vanilla 16oz ice cream, sold in cases of 8 cartons, due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects products with lot numbers 21088 and 21106.

The affected products were distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Consumers who have purchased these specific lots should check their inventory and dispose of the product or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The recalled product

Product
Velvet Vanilla 16oz - 8 cartons to a case
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 (2)

  • Lot 21088
  • 21106

Distribution

Distributed in 9 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 56 recalled by Velvet Ice Cream Company 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 56 products in this recall →