Jeni's Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Recalled for Listeria Risk
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is recalling Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC is recalling specific lots of Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream. The affected products include 3-gallon buckets (code 331) and pint cases (code 231) containing 8 pints each. The recall covers approximately 61,267 total units of the 3-gallon buckets and approximately 1,513,227 total units of the pint-sized products.
The recall is being conducted because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This is a serious foodborne pathogen that can cause severe illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems. The agency has classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The affected lots were distributed between July 1, 2013, and April 22, 2015. Distribution was national, including 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 should check their freezers for these specific products and codes and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Bucket, 331, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, 3 gallons, plastic bucket, individually packed, frozen. Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Pint Case, 231, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, pint size, plastic container, 8 pints per case, frozen
- Manufacturer
- Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC
- Category
- Food — Ice Cream
- 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
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.
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