Ben & Jerrys Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream One Pint (473 mL). Case UPC- 10076840529879…
Unilever United States, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 28 December 2016 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Certain pints of Ben & Jerrys Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream may contain soft plastic pieces.
The record
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- Product
- Ben & Jerrys Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream One Pint (473 mL). Case UPC- 10076840529879 Consumer UPC - 7684052987 Paper carton 8 units per shrink-wrapped case Frozen
- Reason for recall
- Certain pints of Ben & Jerrys Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream may contain soft plastic pieces.
- Recalling firm
- Unilever United States, Inc.
- Firm location
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0833-2017
- Quantity
- 194,952 units
- Distribution
- Nationwide
- Initiated
- 12 October 2016
- Reported by FDA
- 28 December 2016
- Terminated
- 8 January 2021
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- Best by dates of MAR0418BJ, MAR0518BJ
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 4.2 years, from 12 October 2016 to termination on 8 January 2021. 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 3 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of ice cream or frozen dessert run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual 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
Foreign material
A foreign material recall means something that is not food was found in food: metal, plastic, glass, wood or insect matter, usually shed by equipment during processing.
A preventive controls plan covers foreign material 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 117.40
- Equipment and utensils: plant equipment designed and maintained so it cannot contaminate food with lubricants, fuel, metal fragments or contaminated water.
- 21 CFR 117.80(c)
- Manufacturing operations: the measures that protect food from contamination during processing, including the effective ones against metal and other extraneous material.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
Filed under ice cream and frozen desserts, milk and dairy and bakery. 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 Unilever United States, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 5 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-12 | Ben & Jerry's Pint Slices Chocolate Fudge Brownie 3 chocolate ice cream bars Net 9 FL OZ. UPC code 076840657940 | Unilever United States, Inc. | Unilever is voluntarily recalling a limited number of boxes of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Pint Slices due to undeclared peanut. | Class II |
| 2015-04-15 | Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, 1 pt. (473 mL) in clear plastic jars with best by date 5/19/2016, UPC 8685200024 | Unilever United States, Inc. | Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, a Unilever Company is voluntarily recalling a limited number of jars of Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto Sea Salt Carmel Gelato because they may inadvertently contain peanuts (as peanut butter) which are not listed as an ingredient on the label. | Class I |
| 2015-04-01 | Breyers¿ No Sugar Added Salted Caramel Swirl 1.5-quart (1.41L) packaged in paperboard tubs Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 USA Unit UPC: 7756738393. Product sold as 1.5-quart (1.41L) paperboard tubs, delivered to retailers in shrink wrap. Case UPC: 10077567383935 | Unilever United States, Inc. | Unilever United States, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of tubs of Breyers¿ No Sugar Added Salted Caramel Swirl because they may inadvertently contain almonds, which are not listed as an ingredient on the label. | Class I |
| 2014-04-09 | Popsicle Orange Cherry Grape 20 pops Net 33 fl oz Unilever Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 USA UPC 077567121301 | Unilever United States, Inc. | Unilever United States, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of 20-count boxes of Popsicle brand Orange, Cherry and Grape flavored ice pops because they may have been inadvertently exposed to milk, which is not listed as an ingredient on the label. | Class I |
| 2013-01-23 | Knorr Pasta Sides Cheesy Bacon Macaroni Net Wt. 3.8 oz, (107 g) Unilever Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 USA Made in Canada from domestic and imported ingredients Case SCC 10041000082488 UPC 4100008248 | Unilever United States, Inc. | Knorr Pasta Sides Cheesy Bacon Macaroni may contain soy as a different product mix was inadvertently packaged in the Cheesy Bacon Macaroni pouch. | Class II |
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21 CFR 117.40 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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