TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Several ice cream brands are being recalled by the manufacturer, Totally Cool Inc., due to concerns about Listeria contamination.
The full list of recalled brands and products can be found online, but includes several products from Friendly’s, Abylin’s Frozen, some Hershey’s ice cream, Yelloh!, Jeni’s, Cumberland Farms, The Frozen Farmer, Marco, ChipWich, AMAFruits, Taharka , Dolcezza Gelato and Lasalle products.
All are made by Totally Cool, of Owings Mills, Maryland, which is “recalling several brands of ice cream products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children.” , frail or elderly people, and other people with weakened immune systems,” the company said in a post on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website. The products were sold nationwide in stores retailers and through direct delivery.
Although no illnesses have been reported to date, “Totally Cool Inc. has ceased production and distribution of the affected products due to FDA sampling that discovered the presence of Listeria monocytogenes,” the company said.
Listeria monocytogenes is the third leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Pregnant women are 10 times more likely than others to contract the disease. Listeria infection, according to the CDC, and infection during pregnancy results in fetal loss in about 20 percent of cases and death of the newborn in 3 percent of cases. Other people at higher risk include people over 65 and people with weakened immune systems.
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