The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-1545-2024·Announced 2024-08-07

Friendly's Celebration Ice Cream Cake Recalled Due to Listeria Contamination Risk

Friendly's Celebration Ice Cream Cake is being recalled due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should discard or return affected products.

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: This recall meets the Severe (4) threshold due to FDA Class I classification, which establishes a minimum severity level of 4 per recall standards. The hazard involves Listeria monocytogenes, a pathogen explicitly identified as high-risk in the severity rubric.

Plain-English summary

Totally Cool, Inc. is recalling Friendly's Celebration Ice Cream Cake (60 fl oz, UPC 29839000920) due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this as a Class I recall. The affected products are those with best-by dates from May 20, 2024 through May 28, 2025 and plant codes 24-65, 24-0065, 2465, or 240065.

The product was distributed nationwide in cardboard boxes, with 4 boxes per case. Approximately 21,105 cases are involved in this recall.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled product should check their freezers and discard the item if it matches the specified product code and best-by date range. The product may also be returned to the retailer where it was purchased.

The recalled product

Product
Friendly's Celebration Ice Cream Cake 60 fl oz, UPC 29839000920. Packaged in cardboard box, 4 boxes per case
Manufacturer
Totally Cool, Inc.
Category
Food — Frozen Desserts
Hazard
Affected units
21,105

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 (4)

  • All best by dates 05/20/2024 to 05/28/2025 Plant Code: 24-65
  • 24-0065
  • 2465
  • 240065

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 68 recalled by Totally Cool, 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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