2 Food Recalls You Need To Know About This Week

Transparency on food labels is crucial, especially for individuals with allergies or sensitivities to specific ingredients. This week, packaging errors forced companies to pull ice cream and potato salad from shelves across the East Coast.

Ice Cream Recalled in Three States for Undeclared Allergen

On August 5, Friendly’s Ice Cream voluntarily recalled 324 cartons of the brand’s 48-ounce Cookies & Cream ice cream due to a packaging error that exposed customers to undeclared allergens. The recalled item had a Friendly’s Vanilla Bean carton label with a Cookies & Cream lid.

Given that wheat and soy are both among the most common food allergens in the country, you can imagine how not disclosing this on the label could lead to potentially serious health consequences.

A distribution center known as UNFI received the affected ice cream cartons and delivered them to retailers like Walmart, Target, and Kroger in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Apart from the mismatched labeling, you can identify the product by its best-by date found on its lid: 11/26/25.

As of August 8, no one has reportedly fallen ill after consuming this product. If you purchased the Friendly’s vanilla bean ice cream container with a cookies & cream lid, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a full refund. If you have further questions regarding the recall, please contact the company at 800-587-2259.

Potato Salad Recalled for Actually Being Pasta Salad

On August 5, Hans Kissle recalled 66 containers of its Red Potato Bliss Salad after discovering that they were mistakenly filled with Tricolor Twist Pasta Salad. While the container label was accurate, the top lid read “Red Potato Bliss Salad.” In other words, if someone with a wheat allergy bought this product thinking it was potato salad, they could get sick.

The mislabeled 16-ounce product was distributed to Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. Apart from the mismatched labels, the product can be identified by its UPC, 036217673706, and by the use-by date of August 20, 2025, located on the top lid.

No one has gotten sick from eating this product. Still, if you have a wheat allergy and have purchased this product, please return it to Stop & Shop for a full refund immediately. If you have any further questions, please contact Hans Kissle at 978-556-4500, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.