Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, 1 pt. (473 mL) in clear plastic jars with best by date…
Unilever United States, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 April 2015 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. 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.
The record
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- Product
- Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, 1 pt. (473 mL) in clear plastic jars with best by date 5/19/2016, UPC 8685200024
- UPC
- 8685200024
- Reason for recall
- 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.
- Recalling firm
- Unilever United States, Inc.
- Firm location
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1923-2015
- Quantity
- 5,810 cases
- Distribution
- US Nationwide
- Initiated
- 27 February 2015
- Reported by FDA
- 15 April 2015
- Terminated
- 24 March 2017
- Firm notified by
- Press Release
- Product codes
- Best by date 5/19/2016
Reading this record
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- Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. 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 2.1 years, from 27 February 2015 to termination on 24 March 2017. 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 7 weeks 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.
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Other ice cream and frozen desserts recalls
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Other records from Unilever United States, Inc.
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