The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-1889-2015·Announced 2015-04-15

Seattle Pops Chocolate Sea Salt Frozen Pops Recalled for Listeria Risk

Seattle Pops is recalling Chocolate Sea Salt Frozen Pops due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from an ice cream ingredient.

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: The recall is classified as FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Additionally, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Seattle Pops is recalling its Chocolate Sea Salt Frozen Pops, 4.0 fl oz., due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The product is individually packaged in a sealed plastic bag and sold in cases of 24. The recall is necessary because the pops contain an ice cream-based ingredient that was manufactured and recalled by Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream, Inc.

The affected product is labeled with ingredients including cream, milk, skim milk powder, non-GMO cane sugar, and bittersweet chocolate. The product does not have a UPC code or specific lot codes. Distribution was limited to Washington state.

Consumers who have purchased these products should stop consuming them immediately. The source text does not provide specific instructions for disposal or return, but standard recall procedures generally advise discarding the product or returning it to the point of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Chocolate Sea Salt Frozen Pops, 4.0 fl oz. frozen pop is individually packaged in a sealed plastic bag; 24 pops/case. Product is labeled in part, "***cream, milk, skim milk powder, non-gmo cane sugar, bittersweet chocolate (chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa, butter, soy lecithin…
Manufacturer
Seattle Pops
Category
Food — Frozen Desserts
Hazard
Affected units
24

Is your product affected?

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Lot numbers (1)

  • Product is not coded.

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 6 recalled by Seattle Pops 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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