Food recall

Dean Foods, Inc. recall: Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip, Ice Cream Sandwiches with Mint Ice Cream, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips & Chocolate...

Dean Foods, Inc., of Dallas, TX, recalled Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip, Ice Cream Sandwiches with Mint Ice Cream, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips & Chocolate.... The FDA's reason: “Undeclared yellow # 5 and blue # 1.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 6, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 1, 2020. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed April 7, 2020

The recall

Company
Dean Foods, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared yellow # 5 and blue # 1”
Where it was sold
CA, OR, KS, CO, AZ, IL, TX
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
85162

The product recalled

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

  • F-0852-2020 Class II

    Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip, Ice Cream Sandwiches with Mint Ice Cream, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips & Chocolate Wafers 4 Pack; 4 3.5 FL OZ (104 mL) Sandwiches /14 FL OZ (414 mL)

    Codes: 14/JAN/2021; 15/JAN/2021; 04/FEB/2021

    Quantity: 46980 individual boxes

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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 April 1, 2020.

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.