Fieldbrook Foods recalls orange cream and chocolate coated vanilla ice cream bars due to possible listeria contamination

Fieldbrook Foods Corp. is recalling all orange cream bars and chocolate-coated vanilla ice cream bars that were produced in 2017 on one of the company’s lines at its Dunkirk, New York, plant.

Both products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recalled orange cream bars, chocolate-coated vanilla ice cream bars, and variety packs that include chocolate cream bars were sold at the following merchant's under various brands:

Merchant	Brand	Merchant	Brand
Acme	Lucerne	Ralphs	Kroger
ALDI	Sundae Shoppe	Safeway (DC/DE/FL/MD/VA)	Lucerne
Amigo(Puerto Rico Only)	Great Value	Save-A-Lot	World’s Fair
Bi Lo	Southern Home	Shaws	Lucerne
BJ's	Wellsley Farms	Shoprite	Polar Express
Demoulas	Market Basket	Shoprite	Shoprite
Dillon	Kroger	Smart & Final	First Street
Dollar Tree	Party Treat	Smiths	Kroger
Econo (Puerto Rico Only)	Econo	Star	Lucerne
Food 4 Less	Kroger	Stater	Stater
Fred Meyer	Kroger	Stop N Shop	Ahold symbol
Frys	Kroger	Tops	Tops
Giant	Ahold symbol	Various	Food Club
Giant Eagle	Giant Eagle	Various	Stoneridge
Harveys	Southern Home	Various	Hagan
Jewel	Lucerne	Various	Greens
King Soopers	Kroger	Various	Hood
Kroger	Kroger	Various	Stoneridge
Meijer	Purple Cow	Walmart (Puerto Rico Only)	Great Value
Price Chopper	PIC	Weis	Weis
Price Rite	Price Rite	Winn Dixie	Winn Dixie

The recalled products have a production date of Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2017, and a “best by” date of Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2018. The Hood and Kemps products may show a “best by” date of July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

No illnesses have been reported from the recalled products

The potential for contamination was found when routine testing showed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a few ice cream bar samples.

The recall is being expanded out of precaution for consumer health and food safety after a few additional samples tested positive for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, the company said. There isn’t any evidence of contamination before Oct. 31, 2017, but Fieldbrook Foods has issued the recall back to Jan. 1, 2017. 

The company has suspended the production and distribution of products made on the production line during an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Consumers who have purchased the ice cream bars are urged to return them to the store where they purchased them for a refund. Consumers with questions can call the company at 800-333-0805 x2270.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women.