Massive ice cream recall includes Alabama: 110,000 cases could be contaminated with listeria
Florida-based Rich’s Ice Cream is recalling 110,292 cases of frozen dessert products due to Listeria contamination.
According to an alert from the FDA, the desserts were distributed to Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. They were also sold in Nassau, Bahamas.
The recall affects the following products:
- Chocolate Crunch Cake Bars
- Strawberry Shortcake Bars
- Rich Bars
- Crumbled Cookie Bars
- Orange Cream Bars
- Fudge Frenzy Bars
- Cotton Candy Twirl Bars
- Savagely Sour Blue Raspberry Bars
- Savagely Sour Cherry Bars
- Cool Watermelon Bars
A full list of the recalled desserts is available on the FDA website.
The agency has not issued a full press release for the recall, but the health alert is “ongoing.”
Other July recalls: Hundreds of boxes of blueberries could contain listeria
Hundreds of boxes of blueberries are being recalled due to possible listeria contamination, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Georgia-based Alma Pak International LLC , has issued a voluntary recall on 400 boxes of its organic blueberries.
Listeria was found on one of the company’s products during routine testing.
The FDA has classified the recall as the highest risk, a Class I, meaning “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.”
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