Our love for ice cream takes a sharp turn as concerns arise over metal shards lurking in our favorite treat.
Straus Family Creamery has initiated a voluntary recall of several ice cream flavors due to fears they might contain “metal foreign material.”
This recall pertains to specific flavors distributed across 17 states: Arizona, Colorado, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. These products have been available since May 4.
“Ensuring food safety and maintaining product quality are our highest priorities. Straus Family Creamery is acting with an abundance of caution and has put in place necessary corrective measures,” the company stated.
Founded in 1994, the California-based creamery is collaborating with local retailers to pull the affected items from shelves. Fortunately, the FDA reports that no injuries have been associated with these products.
The affected flavors include pints of vanilla bean with best-by dates of Dec. 23 and 28; quarts of strawberry with a best-by date of Dec. 24 and pints of the same flavor with a best-by date of Dec. 25; cookie dough pints with a best-by date of Dec. 26; quarts of Dutch chocolate with a best-by date of Dec. 27, and mint chip pints with a best-by date of Dec. 30.
The company said it is unable to provide refunds to customers who may have purchased the tainted desserts, but customers can apply for a voucher for a replacement product.
These are not the only items to be pulled from store shelves in recent weeks.
Spring & Mulberry expanded the recall of its $10 a pop date-sweetened chocolate bars on May 11 over possible salmonella contamination.
Utz Quality Foods LLC, a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Utz Brands Inc, recalled some varieties of its Zapp’s and Dirty potato chips also over salmonella concerns, the FDA announced on May 4.
Straus Family Creamery urged customers to dispose of possibly affected ice cream cartons in the trash, and said there was no need to return them to the store.