The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-3217-2015·Announced 2015-09-16

Jeni's White House Blueberry Ice Cream Recalled for Listeria Risk

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is recalling White House Blueberry Pints 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 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 White House Blueberry Pints because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled items are pint-sized, individually packed, and frozen in plastic containers.

The recall covers approximately 1,513,227 total units of all pint-sized products. 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. All distributed lots were produced between July 1, 2013, and April 22, 2015.

Consumers should check their freezers for this product and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
White House Blueberry Pint, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, pint size, plastic container, individually packed, frozen.
Manufacturer
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC
Category
Food — Frozen Desserts
Hazard
Affected units
1,513,227

Is your product affected?

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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.

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