FDA Tests 89 Ice Cream Production Facilities for Listeria and Salmonella
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report on the agency’s inspection and environmental sampling of ice cream production facilities in 2016 and 2017. They tested for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.
The sampling began in 2016 after approximately 16 ice cream product recalls were issued in the previous 3 years due to bacterial contamination. There was also one listeriosis outbreak linked to ice cream products in 2015.