Breyers Ice Cream Recalled As a result of Mislabeled Life-Threatening Allergen

Over 6,600 instances of Breyers Ice Cream have been recalled amid considerations that the product is mislabeled and accommodates a “life-threatening” allergen.

The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration confirmed that 6,668 instances of Breyers Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream had been voluntarily recalled by Unilever Manufacturing on June 2 in a Tuesday, June 10 assertion.

The trigger for the recall was decided to be “undeclared allergens and mislabeled product.”

“Rocky Street Ice was packaged with Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream labeled tub and a Rocky Street Ice Cream lid. Tub mentioned ‘might include tree nuts’ the lid mentioned it did include almonds,” the FDA clarified in regards to the recall.

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The FDA declared this a Class II recall, which is outlined as “a state of affairs by which use of, or publicity to, a violative product might trigger short-term or medically reversible opposed well being penalties or the place the chance of great opposed well being penalties is distant.”

A consultant for Breyers commented on the recall in an announcement shared with PEOPLE, saying, “Unilever within the U.S. is voluntarily recalling one lot of Breyers Chocolate Truffle 1.5 quart tubs after some had been discovered to include Rocky Street ice cream, which incorporates almonds not listed on the label.”

The assertion continued: “Folks with an almond allergy shouldn’t devour the product resulting from threat of great or life-threatening allergic response. The protection and high quality of our merchandise is our high precedence. For extra info, customers can go to www.breyers.com or name 1-800-931-2826.”

It’s unclear the place precisely the instances of ice cream had been distributed throughout america. The FDA reported the distribution as focusing on “distribution facilities and retail areas throughout the U.S.”

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Rocky Street is a taste of ice cream that accommodates almonds. Though almonds are thought of tree nuts, the label for Breyers Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream solely says that the product “might include tree nuts.”

The Breyers recall comes a couple of weeks after practically 18,000 containers of Wells Dairy ice cream and frozen yogurt had been recalled resulting from contamination with exhausting plastics.

Wells Enterprises, which produces Wells Dairy merchandise, was accountable for the recall, which focused 22 totally different flavors of frozen desserts.