Turkey Hill Mint Chocolate Chip All Natural Ice Cream, 48 oz, UPC 0-20735-11203-8
Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 14 November 2012 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The product contains undeclared coconut.
The record
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- Product
- Turkey Hill Mint Chocolate Chip All Natural Ice Cream, 48 oz, UPC 0-20735-11203-8
- UPC
- 020735112038
- Reason for recall
- The product contains undeclared coconut.
- Recalling firm
- Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
- Firm location
- Conestoga, Pennsylvania, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0595-2013
- Quantity
- 1200 Packages
- Distribution
- Product was distributed to one retail chain and 3 independent grocers in the State of Pennsylvania.
- Initiated
- 15 October 2012
- Reported by FDA
- 14 November 2012
- Terminated
- 2 April 2013
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- UPC 0-20735-11203-8 with Sell By Code: 09/28/2013 42-092 L3/56 Affected Production Time: 05:58 AM to 06:30 AM
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
- The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
- This record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 6 months, from 15 October 2012 to termination on 2 April 2013. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
- The FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of ice cream or frozen dessert run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Ice cream and frozen desserts are ready to eat and never cooked again, and freezing preserves Listeria rather than killing it, which is why a positive environmental sample in a frozen dessert plant becomes a recall rather than a corrective action.
What this recall was for
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.135(c)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
Filed under ice cream and frozen desserts, milk and dairy, meat and poultry and snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.
Other ice cream and frozen desserts recalls for the same reason
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
Other records from Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-25 | Turkey Hill Pumpkin Pie Premium Ice Cream 48 oz. packaged in a paper tub and lid, distributed by Turkey Hill Dairy, Conestoga, PA. | Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc. | Turkey Hill Dairy is initiating a voluntary recall on Turkey Hill Ice Cream because the product may be potentially contaminated with metal debris. | Class II |
| 2013-12-25 | Turkey Hill Premium Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Size 1 Pint (473 ml) packaged in a paper cup and lid, distributed by Turkey Hill Dairy, Conestoga, PA. | Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc. | Turkey Hill Dairy is initiating a voluntary recall on the Turkey Hill Premium Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream, Sell By Date:10/04/2014, because the product may be potentially contaminated with metal debris. | Class II |
| 2013-12-25 | Turkey Hill Stuff'd Moose Tracks Frozen Dairy Dessert Size: 1 Pint (473 ml), packaged in a paper cup and lid, distributed by Turkey Hill Dairy, Conestoga, PA. | Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc. | Turkey Hill Dairy is initiating a voluntary recall on Turkey Hill Stuff'd Moose Tracks Frozen Dairy Dessert, Sell By Date: 9/27/2014, because the product may be potentially contaminated with metal debris. | Class II |
All 4 records for Turkey Hill Dairy, Inc.
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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