FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-0616-2021

Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Product

Whale of Pail Chocolate Fudge Gallon Plastic Tub

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
Lot 21089
Quantity
N/A

Why it was recalled

Potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Recalling firm

Firm
Velvet Ice Cream Company
Notification channel
Telephone
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
11324 Mount Vernon Rd, N/A, Utica, Ohio 43080-7703

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York

Timeline

Recall initiated
2021-04-23
FDA classified
2021-05-22
Posted by FDA
2021-05-12
Terminated
2021-07-20
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0616-2021. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.

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