Ben & Jerry's Pint Slices Chocolate Fudge Brownie 3 chocolate ice cream bars Net 9 FL…
Unilever United States, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 12 July 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Unilever is voluntarily recalling a limited number of boxes of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Pint Slices due to undeclared peanut.
The record
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- Product
- Ben & Jerry's Pint Slices Chocolate Fudge Brownie 3 chocolate ice cream bars Net 9 FL OZ. UPC code 076840657940
- Reason for recall
- Unilever is voluntarily recalling a limited number of boxes of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Pint Slices due to undeclared peanut.
- Recalling firm
- Unilever United States, Inc.
- Firm location
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-2427-2017
- Quantity
- 4636 cases
- Distribution
- Nationwide
- Initiated
- 4 May 2017
- Reported by FDA
- 12 July 2017
- Terminated
- 20 December 2018
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- best by date AUG1218LT2 and lot number of AUG1218LT2.
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 20 months, from 4 May 2017 to termination on 20 December 2018. 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 2 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
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.
The allergens named in this record: peanuts.
Filed under ice cream and frozen desserts, milk and dairy, bakery 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-28 | 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 | Unilever United States, Inc. | Certain pints of Ben & Jerrys Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream may contain soft plastic pieces. | 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 |
All 6 records for Unilever United States, Inc.
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