The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-3095-2015·Announced 2015-09-16

Jeni's Ice Cream Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is recalling specific Milk Chocolate Bombay ice cream products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. 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

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC is voluntarily recalling specific varieties of Milk Chocolate Bombay ice cream. The products affected include the 3-gallon bucket (Item 364) and the pint size (Item 264), which are sold individually or in cases of eight. The recall is being conducted because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recall covers approximately 61,267 units of the 3-gallon buckets and approximately 1,513,227 units of the pint-sized products. These items were distributed nationally in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. No international distribution was reported.

All affected lots were distributed between July 1, 2013, and April 22, 2015. Consumers should check their freezers for these specific products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, older adults, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The recalled product

Product
Milk Chocolate Bombay N.3 Ice Cream Bucket, 364, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, 3 gallons, plastic bucket, individually packed, frozen. Bombay, Milk Chocolate Ice Cream Pint Case, 264, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, pint size, plastic container, 8 pints per case, frozen.
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 (3)

  • All lots distributed were between July 1
  • 2013 and April 22
  • 2015.

Distribution

Distributed in 18 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 134 recalled by Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC 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.

See all 134 products in this recall →