Elevated Espresso Chip Ice Cream Recalled for Listeria Risk
Elevated Ice Cream Company is recalling Espresso Chip Ice Cream due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from a recalled ice cream mix.
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 metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Elevated Ice Cream Company is recalling its Espresso Chip Ice Cream due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The product may be packaged in 2.5 gallon or 1.5 gallon plastic tubs or cardboard quart containers, though the firm is unable to determine exactly how the specific batches were packaged. The recall involves 93 batches of the product.
The recall is necessary because the ice cream contains a mix produced by Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream, which has been recalled for the same reason. All affected product was distributed in the local Port Townsend, Washington area. Some containers may have a production date handwritten on a white label, while some quart containers are stamped on the bottom with the Julian date.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their freezers for the specific packaging and date codes described. If they have the product, they should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA 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.
The recalled product
- Product
- Espresso Chip Ice Cream Product can be packaged in 2.5 gallon or 1.5 gallon plastic tubs or cardboard quart container. Firm is unable to determine how batches were packaged.
- Manufacturer
- Elevated Ice Cream Company
- Category
- Food — Ice Cream
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 93
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 69 recalled by Elevated 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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