In October, Kroger’s Turkey Hill Dairy, Conestoga, Pa., recalled packages of ice cream because of the possibility that some contained metal shavings. The products recalled were 1.5-quart packages of fudge ripple premium ice cream, pints of chocolate peanut butter cup premium ice cream and Moose Tracks Stuff’d frozen dairy dessert sold in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. There were no reports of any foreign objects being found or any injury/illness occurring, according to a company press release.
Product recalls of this nature are rare, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration database. In a 60-day period, there were more food recalls related to undeclared allergens and Listeria monocytogenesthan of foreign objects found in packages.
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