Multiple ice cream brands recalled for Listeria monocytogenes contamination
Ice cream products manufactured by Royal Ice Cream Company in Manchester, CT are being recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected products were distributed across multiple states under various retail and food service brand names.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: FDA Class I classification requires a minimum severity score of 4. The recall involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen, though no reported illnesses or deaths are documented in the source text.
Plain-English summary
The FDA has issued a Class I recall for ice cream and ice cream products manufactured by The Royal Ice Cream Company Inc. in Manchester, Connecticut. The products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Affected products are identified by the manufacturing plant number 'CT121' or 'CT #121' and include all ice cream and ice cream products that have not yet expired. The recall affects numerous retail brands including Batch pints, Royal Ice Cream brand products, Ronny Brook Ice Cream, New Orleans Ice Cream, Maple Valley Ice Cream, Art Cream, Sweet Scoops Yogurt, Gelato Fiasco, and several ice cream sandwich brands (Biggy Iggy's, Munson Chip Wich, Giffords, Chewy Louie, Snow Wich, and Newport Creamery products). Food service brands affected include Cronin's, Orfitelli, Royal Ice Cream Company, Delicious Desserts Inc., Sweet Service, and Desserts Plus.
The affected products were distributed to consumers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, Minnesota, Maine, Maryland, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio.
The recalled product
- Product
- All Ice Cream and Ice Cream products within expiry; manufactured by Royal Ice Cream Company; manufactured in Manchester, CT; all effected products will have the manufacturing plant number "CT121" or "CT #121"; RETAIL BRANDS EFFECTED: Batch brand pints, all flavors; Royal Ice…
- Manufacturer
- The Royal Ice Cream Company Inc.
- Category
- Food — Ice Cream
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 90
Distribution
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