Hershey s Ice Cream, Green Mint Chip (GMC) Bulk, 3 gallons, 1 unit , bulk can- a…
HERSHEY CREAMERY CO. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 17 September 2025 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product tested elevated coliform counts during routine testing
The record
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- Product
- Hershey s Ice Cream, Green Mint Chip (GMC) Bulk, 3 gallons, 1 unit , bulk can- a cardboard tub with metal rings and cardboard lid
- Reason for recall
- Product tested elevated coliform counts during routine testing
- Recalling firm
- HERSHEY CREAMERY CO.
- Firm location
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- H-0579-2025
- Quantity
- 81 cans
- Distribution
- The recalled product was distributed to the following states: DE, NY, FL, MD, IN, NC, OH
- Initiated
- 19 August 2025
- Reported by FDA
- 17 September 2025
- Terminated
- 27 February 2026
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- " Lot Number: 25223M " SKU: 24682-05020 " Consecutive Count: 499-6100
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 19 August 2025 to termination on 27 February 2026. 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 distribution pattern names 6 states, and 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: New York, Florida, Maryland, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
Filed under ice cream and frozen desserts, milk and dairy and snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.
Other ice cream and frozen desserts recalls
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
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