Food recall

Big Olaf Creamery LLC dba Big Olaf recall: Big Olaf, Frozen Ice Cream to include all flavors

Big Olaf Creamery LLC dba Big Olaf, of Sarasota, FL, recalled Big Olaf, Frozen Ice Cream to include all flavors. The FDA's reason: “Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 1, 2022, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 17, 2022. 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

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed January 6, 2023

The recall

Company
Big Olaf Creamery LLC dba Big Olaf (Sarasota, FL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
Domestic: FL and OH
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
90589

The product recalled

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

  • F-1542-2022 Class I

    Big Olaf, Frozen Ice Cream to include all flavors, sold in sizes 2.5 gal, 1/2 gal, and pints packaged in plastic containers.

    Codes: To include All lots, all expiration dates. No lot or expiration date printed on labels of frozen ice cream.

    Quantity: The firm is in the process of determining the amount of product distributed.

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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 August 17, 2022.

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.