Food recall: Purple Cow Limited Edition Cookie Butter Ice Cream, 8 oz. cups, packed in paper cartons
Class I FDA enforcement event 73158. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
House of Flavors, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a small batch of 8 oz. cups of Purple Cow Limited Edition Cookie Butter Ice Cream, sold at Meijer stores, that contain Purple Cow Butter Pecan Ice Cream with a Purple Cow Butter Pecan lid.
Class I, in the words of FDA
a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death
House Of Flavors, Inc. started this food recall on 27 Jan 2016. The firm address in the FDA record is in Ludington, MI. FDA put the recall in Class I. FDA event 73158 has 1 product record. The first FDA enforcement report date is 2 Mar 2016. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 28 Apr 2016.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
Domestic: IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WI Foreign: None
Recalling firm
House Of Flavors, Inc., Ludington, MI.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
1 product record in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0623-2016 | Purple Cow Limited Edition Cookie Butter Ice Cream, 8 oz. cups, packed in paper cartons | 17,352 8 oz. containers | Class I | Terminated | 2 Mar 2016 |
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Class I: The highest of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2016
- 799
- Share of these events in Class I
- 52%
- Product records in this event
- 1Median of the firm: 1
- Events of the firm on the register
- 7
Other events of the firm
| Initiated | Product (first record) | Type | Class | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2026 | House of Flavors 4893 Chicago Vanilla Naturally Flavored Ice Cream, 3 GAL tub | Food | Class I | 1 |
| 12 Dec 2025 | 2248 Banana Pudding Ice Cream, 3 GAL, UPC 7 65265 81237 8 | Food | Class II | 2 |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Giant Eagle churned Butter Pecan Reduced Fat 48FLOZ, UPC 030034940430; 6 retail units per case | Food | Class II | 1 |
| 11 Nov 2016 | Ashby's Sterling Peanut Butter Landslide Ice Cream, 3 gallon container, frozen | Food | Class I | 1 |
| 2 Dec 2014 | Dark Cocoa Sorbetto packed in 14 oz. plastic jars, 8 packages per case, manufactured from 4/11/14-4/12/14; product code: | Food | Class I | 1 |
| 4 Mar 2014 | Belmont Premium Ice Cream, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, All Natural, 1.5 Quarts (1.42 L), Nutrition Facts....., Ingredie | Food | Class I | 1 |
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-0623-2016The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 73158. https://recallregister.com/fda/i/73158/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- openFDA food enforcement reports
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- Export date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Newest FDA report date on the register
- 23 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Where was the product distributed?
- The FDA record gives this distribution:
Domestic: IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WI Foreign: None
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 73158?
- The FDA record gives this quantity:
17,352 8 oz. containers
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2016 have the same class?
- 52% of the 799 food events that started in 2016 are in Class I.