Turkey Hill Dairy Issues Class I Voluntary Recall of Select Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream – 48 oz. size

Lancaster County, PA – Turkey Hill Dairy of Conestoga, Pa., is recalling select 48 oz. containers of its Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream because the package may contain Rocky Road Premium Ice Cream instead of Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream.

These packages may include undeclared ingredients of almonds and eggs and could be harmful to consumers with food sensitivity or allergy to these ingredients.

The cup of the affected package would read Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice cream and the package lid would read Rocky Road Premium Ice Cream.

The recalled product information includes:

Name of product: Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream
Container size: 48 oz. (1.5 QTS – 1.42L) UPC code: 20735-42095
Sell-by date: May 23, 2017 (Found printed on the bottom of the package)

The recalled Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream is limited to packages with a sell by date of May 23, 2017 and sold at stores in PA., NY., NJ., MA., CT., DE., MD., VA., WV., AL., MO., OH., RI., ME., VT., NH., NC., SC., GA., MI., IN., KY,. MS., IL. and TN.  All affected stores have been instructed to remove the product from their shelves.

All affected packages would have been purchased by consumers after 09/08/2016.

Turkey Hill Dairy has not received any consumer illness complaints concerning this product recall. For consumers who are not allergic to almonds and eggs, there is no safety issue with the product.

Consumers who have purchased affected packages of Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream – 48 oz. with the code date on May 23, 2017 can return them to the place of purchase for a full refund, or contact Turkey Hill Dairy at 1-800-MY-DAIRY(1-800-693-2479).

Located in the rich farming country of Lancaster County, Pa., Turkey Hill Dairy produces the fifth largest-selling premium ice cream brand and one of the leading refrigerated iced tea brands in the nation. Over the past 20 years, Turkey Hill has tripled in size and now sells products in 49 states and a dozen countries on three continents. Guided by traditional values and inspired by its family- owned heritage, Turkey Hill Dairy considers all of its associates, partners and customers a part of the Turkey Hill family. The company believes part of its corporate responsibility is to be a good steward of its resources, community, and the world, and is actively defining and implementing green initiatives to cut down on waste, reduce packaging, and minimize outputs into the environment. To put its core values of sustainability into practice, Turkey Hill even generates 25 percent of the Dairy’s annual electricity needs by harnessing wind power through its own wind turbines located onsite at the Dairy. For more information on Turkey Hill Dairy, visit  turkeyhill.com, read its blog, the  Ice Cream Journal, or follow Turkey Hill Dairy on  Twitter or on Facebook.

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* We believe that none of the products being recalled were processed or offered through the Feeding America national office.  

For full details on the recall, including product photos, please visit this FDA web page.