Jeni's Green Tomato Buttermilk Frozen Yogurt Recalled for Listeria Risk
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC is recalling 3-gallon buckets of Green Tomato Buttermilk Frozen Yogurt due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as 'Class I', which corresponds to a Critical severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC is recalling approximately 61,267 units of 3-gallon plastic buckets of Green Tomato Buttermilk Frozen Yogurt. The product is individually packed and frozen. The recall is being conducted because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected lots were distributed between July 1, 2013, and April 22, 2015. Distribution was national, covering 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 this specific product and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies 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 recalled product
- Product
- Green Tomato Buttermilk Frozen Yogurt Buckets, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, 3 gallons, plastic bucket, individually packed, frozen.
- Manufacturer
- Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC
- Category
- Food — Frozen Dairy
- 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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