Friendly’s, Hershey’s, and Other Ice Creams Recalled Due to Risk of Listeria
Nearly 70 products are involved
Totally Cool, a company that produces ice cream for many brands, issued a recall for nearly 70 ice cream products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. These include ice cream and sorbet pints, ice cream sandwiches, and ice cream cakes. Listeria can cause serious infections in infants and older people, and stillbirths in those who are pregnant. No illnesses have been reported.
The recalled brands are:
- Abilyn’s Frozen Bakery
- Amafruits
- ChipWich
- Cumberland Farms
- Dolcezza Gelato
- Friendly’s
- The Frozen Farmer
- Hershey’s Ice cream
- Jeni’s
- LaSalle
- Marco
- Taharka
- Yelloh
Risks of Listeria
Listeriosis, the illness caused by Listeria monocytogenes, is relatively uncommon, affecting about 1,600 people a year (compared with 1.35 million sickened by salmonella, for example). Symptoms can include fever, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
For healthy adults who have mild symptoms, the illness will resolve on its own, the FDA says.
But very young children, older adults, and individuals who are pregnant or have a condition that compromises the immune system are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill. For example, a pregnant person is 10 times more likely to become sickened with listeriosis when exposed to listeria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Contact your healthcare provider if you experience headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions; these symptoms can be a sign of a more invasive listeriosis infection.
