Velvet Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recalled for Listeria Contamination
Velvet Ice Cream Company is recalling Velvet Homemade Vanilla 56oz cartons due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed across nine states.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. 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 Homemade Vanilla 56oz Cartons (4 Cartons per case) because they are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall includes products with Lot numbers 21092 and 21105.
The affected ice cream was 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, which is the most serious type of recall.
Consumers who have purchased these specific lot numbers should stop using the product and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- Velvet Homemade Vanilla 56oz Carton - 4 Cartons per case
- Manufacturer
- Velvet Ice Cream Company
- Category
- Food — Ice Cream
- 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 21092
- 21105
Distribution
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.
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