ICYMI: Deadly Listeria Prompts L.A. Creamery Ice Cream Recall in Florida, Elsewhere

Two flavors of ice cream from a California company are being recalled in Florida and seven other states for a potential contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

ISB Food Group, LLC is recalling L.A. Creamery Honeycomb ice cream and L.A. Creamery Salted Caramel ice cream with expiration dates of March 18, 2017, because they were produced in a co-packing facility that has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeriosis, an infection caused by Listeria, can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections for certain populations, especially pregnant women, older adults, young children and people with weakened immune systems. Short-term symptoms include high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Batches of L.A. Creamery Honeycomb and L.A. Creamery Salted Caramel with expiration dates of March 18, 2017, were distributed from March to October 2016 in California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Massachusetts, the FDA says.

The product is sold in paper 14 oz. ice cream containers with the L.A. Creamery brand name, Salted Caramel flavor and Honeycomb flavors, specifically stamped on the bottom of the container with the expiration date of March 18, 2017.

No illnesses have been reported to date, and no L.A. Creamery product has been found to be contaminated, authorities said.

The recall is the result of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finding samples positive for Listeria monocytogenes in the facility of the contract manufacturer, Dr. Bob’s of Upland, LLC, and in finished product of an unrelated company’s brand that was manufactured at the Dr. Bob’s Pomona, California, facility, leading the contract manufacturer to recall all ice cream products produced this year at its facility. The continuous production line at Dr. Bob’s that tested positive for listeria was used to produce the recalled flavors in March of 2016.

ISB Food Group says it has only used the Dr. Bob’s facility for co-packing that one time and will not produce in the Dr. Bob’s facility going forward.

Consumers who have purchased L.A. Creamery Salted Caramel flavor or L.A. Creamery Honeycomb flavor with expiration dates of March 18, 2017, should contact the company for a full refund or any questions at (818) 405-0022, extension 103, Monday through Friday, 7:00 am Pacific Time to 3:00 pm Pacific Time.

»Images of affected L.A. Creamery ice cream, courtesy of ISB Food Group

Story by Patch editor Deb Belt