The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-3111-2015·Announced 2015-09-16

Jeni's Green Ice Cream Recalled for Listeria Contamination Risk

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC is recalling Green Ice Cream products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should discard or return affected items.

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 Green Ice Cream products, including 3-gallon buckets and pint containers, due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall covers approximately 61,267 units of 3-gallon buckets and 1,513,227 units of pint-sized products. All affected lots were distributed between July 1, 2013, and April 22, 2015.

The products 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.

Consumers who have purchased these products should discard them or return them to the place of purchase for a refund. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The recalled product

Product
Green Ice Cream Bucket, 805, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, 3 gallons, plastic bucket, individually packed, frozen. Green Ice Cream Pint Case, 705, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, pint size, plastic container, 8 pints per case, frozen. Green Ice Cream Pint, Jeni's Splend
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 →