Food recall

Garber Ice Cream Company Inc recall: Garber's Old Fashioned Ice cream, Birthday Cake Flavored 1.75 quarts

Garber Ice Cream Company Inc, of Winchester, VA, recalled Garber's Old Fashioned Ice cream, Birthday Cake Flavored 1.75 quarts. The FDA's reason: “Firm voluntarily recalling 56 oz. Birthday Cake Ice cream due to adding the wrong ingredient into cake. (eggs added to cake) (undeclared egg allergen).” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 13, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 24, 2015. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed May 2, 2016

The recall

Company
Garber Ice Cream Company Inc (Winchester, VA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Firm voluntarily recalling 56 oz. Birthday Cake Ice cream due to adding the wrong ingredient into cake. (eggs added to cake) (undeclared egg allergen).”
Where it was sold
According to firm the distribution pattern is Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
71221

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-2440-2015 Class I

    Garber's Old Fashioned Ice cream, Birthday Cake Flavored 1.75 quarts, packed in a shrink wrap of 3. #1 lot of 211/ 3 pk produced on 12/12/13 expires on 12/12/14 #2 lot of 451/3 pk produced on 3/31/14 expires 3/31/15 #3 lot of 454/3 pk produced on 11/5 14 expires on 11/5/15 1116 (three packs) = 3348 singles

    Codes: #1 lot of 211/ 3 pk produced on 12/12/13 expires on 12/12/14 #2 lot of 451/3 pk produced on 3/31/14 expires 3/31/15 #3 lot of 454/3 pk produced on 11/5 14 expires on 11/5/15 1116 (three packs) = 3348 singles UPC# 0-28387-60068-2

    Quantity: 2427 Distributed. 921 still in house

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of June 24, 2015.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.