I scream, you scream, we all scream because there are metal shards in our ice cream.
Straus Family Creamery has voluntarily recalled several ice cream flavors over worries they may contain a “metal foreign material.”
The recall affects certain flavors distributed to 17 states — Arizona, Colorado, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin — that hit the shelves beginning May 4.
“Food safety and product quality remain top priorities for Straus Family Creamery. The company is taking this action out of an abundance of caution and has implemented appropriate corrective actions,” the company said in a statement.
The California-based ice cream maker, founded in 1994, is working with local retailers to remove the affected products, and no injuries have been reported, according to the FDA.
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.
