Oh noes, Ben & Jerry's is voluntarily recalling its Chocolate Nougat Crunch Ice Cream! It pains me to see those ice cream hippies join in the recall march of shame -- but wait! It's not what you think. This is not exactly a case of contamination.
The ice cream is fine. I repeat, the ice cream is fine. It's just that they forgot to add an allergy advisory to the packaging. You know, "Allergy Information: Fudge covered wafer pieces have been manufactured on equipment also used to process peanuts and tree nuts." I don't think Chocolate Nougat Crunch has any nuts in it, which is all the more reason why you'd need that advisory on the label.
Anyway, here are details for what you can do if you happened to buy this batch.
The UPC code for the recalled ice cream is 7684020899. The date codes are JUL1113BJ1, AUG0113BJ1, AUG2313BJ1, SEP2013BJ1, SEP2113BJ1, OCT2313BJ1. (Look on the bottom of your pint.) If you're a lucky winner you have a recalled pint, you can rinse out the container, cut out the UPC code, and call 877-270-7397 and they'll send you a replacement coupon.
Um, it sounds to me like non-allergic people who bought the recalled pints just won the ice cream lottery. Basically you can eat your ice cream AND get a coupon for another free pint. Yay you!
But on a more serious note, I'm glad Ben & Jerry's is thorough about its allergy alerts. That little note can save lives. If you have friends who love ice cream but are horribly allergic to nuts, you may want to pass this on.
Have you ever had an allergic reaction to food produced in a facility that processes nuts?
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We have been lucky on the nut end of things however we have had issues with shared lines and facilities for wheat and barley. Unfortunately may contains, shared lines, shared facilities, etc are not required by law and many companies will fight you to give those details.
Kudos to Ben & Jerry's for the recall and going above and beyond the call of duty to inform us of shared lines information.
my niece is major major allgeric to peanuts... she once had a reaction because a her sandwich was cut with the same knife as a peanut butter sandwich even though it had been " washed" .... airplane flights can be deadly if someone opens nuts and it circulates in a cabin.. even after they say Please no nuts... someone always thinks " well I am not anywhere near her" they dont realise the air on a plane is trapped...
" Why make 500+ Kids bow to your kids dietary restrictions? Manybe all schools should ban beef, pork and non-kosher foods as well." Nutluver koser kids wont DIE from seeing pork!!!!!