Food recall: Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Black Raspberry flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and…
Class II FDA enforcement event 63447. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
Erring on the side of caution and safety for the consuming public, the University Creamery at Penn State is voluntarily recalling all ice cream and frozen yogurt made between May 16, 2012 and August 11, 2012 because of isolated incidents involving reports of small plastic foreign objects in the product.
Class II, in the words of FDA
a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote
Pennsylvania State University Berkey Creamery started this food recall on 13 Sep 2012. The firm address in the FDA record is in Penn St Univ, PA. FDA put the recall in Class II. FDA event 63447 has 12 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 14 Nov 2012. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 31 Jan 2014.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
On site retail salesroom and internet customers
Recalling firm
Pennsylvania State University Berkey Creamery, Penn St Univ, PA.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
12 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0639-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Black Raspberry flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0640-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Scholar's Chip flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0641-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Strawberry-No Sugar Added flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0642-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Keeny Beany Chocolate flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0643-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- German Chocolate Cake flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0644-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Cookies-N-Cream flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0645-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0646-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Chocolate Chocolate Nut flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0647-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Strawberry flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0648-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Ice Cream -- Strawberry Cheesecake flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0649-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Frozen Yogurt - Vanilla flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper) and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
| F-0650-2013 | Penn State Creamery/Berkey Creamery Frozen Yogurt - Strawberry flavor; 3 gallon (paper), 1/2 gallon (paper), and pints (plastic) | N/A | Class II | Terminated | 14 Nov 2012 |
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Class II: The middle of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2012
- 515
- Share of these events in Class II
- 40%
- Product records in this event
- 12
- Events of the firm on the register
- 1
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-0639-2013The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Cite this page
Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 63447. https://recallregister.com/fda/ii/63447/. 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:
On site retail salesroom and internet customers
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 63447?
- The event has 12 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
N/A
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2012 have the same class?
- 40% of the 515 food events that started in 2012 are in Class II.