The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-3205-2015·Announced 2015-09-16

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Recalls Sweet Cream Ice Cream for Listeria Risk

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC is recalling Sweet Cream Ice Cream in pint, half-gallon, and case formats 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC is voluntarily recalling specific products of Sweet Cream Ice Cream. The affected products include pint-sized containers, half-gallon containers, and half-gallon cases containing four half-gallon units. The recall is being conducted because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Approximately 15,045 total units of the half-gallon sized products and approximately 1,513,227 total units of the pint-sized products are involved in this recall. The 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 has been reported. Consumers should check their freezers for these products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Sweet Cream Ice Cream Half Gallon Case, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, half gallon, plastic container, 4 half gallons per case, frozen. Sweet Cream Ice Cream Half Gallon, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, half gallon, plastic container, individually packed, frozen. Sweet…
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 →

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