Contaminated Ice Cream Bars: Company Issues Recall

DUNKIRK, NY — A New York company has issued a voluntary recall of certain ice cream bars on the suspicion that they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The Kane County Health Department is warning residents of the recall, which includes all of the orange cream and vanilla ice cream bars made by Fieldbrook Foods Corporation of Dunkirk, N.Y.

There have been no illnesses reported as a result of the contamination, but the ice cream bars were distributed widely throughout the United States, a press release from the Kane County Health Department says.

The list of stores carrying these products is extensive, and includes Kroger, Jewel ALDI, and many more. Visit the FDA website for the full list.

Batches of potentially contaminated ice cream bars were made between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2017, and have a "best by" date between Jan. 1, 2018 and Dec. 31, 2018.

Fieldbrook Foods showed no evidence of contamination before Oct. 31, 2017, but decided to issue the recall to all of the product made in 2017.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious, and sometimes fatal, infections in people who are young, elderly, or otherwise have weakened immune systems.

Healthy individuals who are infected with Listeria monocytogenes may experience symptoms like high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. The infection can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women, the Kane County Health Department said.

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