Food watchdogs have recalled more than 70 ice cream brands after tests revealed they could be contaminated with listeria.
Following the discovery, Maryland-based Totally Cool stopped producing and distributing all of its ice cream-based products.
Affected treats include Friendly’s ice cream cakes, Hershey’s ice cream cones and Jeni’s sandwiches. Scroll down for the full list of brands.Listeria monocytogenes can kill young children, seniors or people with weak immune systems contract listeria, according to the FDA notice.
Affected products were shipped all across America. For a time, they were available in stores and for direct-delivery to people’s homes.
The full list of products can be found here. Customers who have them should return them for a full refund or throw them away immediately.
Totally Cool makes products for brands and supermarkets – on long term deals and shorter ones where it steps in to help with spikes in demand.
For example, Taharka Brothers Ice Cream, one of the impacted brands, asked Totally Cool to step in for a production run of two of its most popular flavors, Honey Graham and Key Lime.
‘While no listeria has been detected in our ice cream, or any of the ice cream produced at Totally Cool, the FDA is requiring a full recall out of an abundance of caution,’ Taharka said in a statement posted on Facebook.
The company has now restarted production of the two flavors at its own factory.