Babcock Dairy said Tuesday it is voluntarily recalling Orange Custard Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream due to mislabeling and an allergy risk.
Babcock said that during production, a limited number of Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream containers were inadvertently filled with Orange Custard Chocolate Chip ice cream, leading to products with incorrect allergen labeling.
Babcock is recalling about 41 cases of Orange Custard Chocolate Chip ice cream that may be labeled as Chocolate Peanut Butter because people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs or yellow #5 run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the products.
The products were produced on Sept. 17 and distributed to Babcock Dairy Store, Metcalfe鈥檚 Markets, Ken鈥檚 Meats & Deli and Capitol Centre Market, and sold directly to customers. The issue was discovered on the evening of Nov. 4 when a customer reported the mislabeling.
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There have been no reports of illness associated with consumption of the products, Babcock said.
Anyone who bought one of the types of ice cream should check the production date on the bottom of the container for 09 1724 (Sept. 17, 2024). If your product has that, please return it to where you bought it for a full refund.
Babcock, which is housed within UW-Madison鈥檚 College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, retrieved all of the remaining product from retail outlets within three hours of discovering the problem.
To prevent it from happening again, Babcock Dairy is taking immediate corrective steps, including the retraining of employees on proper labeling procedures, implementation of multiple verification checks during production and packaging, and increased organization and separation of packaging materials to further prevent different containers from coming into contact.
Consumers with questions about the recall may contact plant manager Casey Whyte at 608-262-9102 between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays.