Don’t scoop that ice cream just yet! The maker of popular ice cream brands Halo Top, Blue Bunny, and Blue Ribbon Classics has voluntarily recalled over 17,000 tubs of ice cream due to possible presence of plastic.
According to the recall, plastic foreign material may be present in the batches and the affected products were manufactured by parent company Wells Enterprises, which is based in Le Mars, Iowa. Products were distributed to 103 facilities in the U.S. and are varying flavors of ice cream, but the largest affected batch includes 5,280 tubs of Vanilla Frozen Yogurt. In total, 22 different ice cream brands’ three-gallon tubs are involved in the recall.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified the recall as a Class II, meaning that exposure to the product may cause temporary and reversible adverse health effects.Consumers are advised to discard any affected ice cream products.
A full list of products, including their batch numbers and expiration dates, can be found here.
