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Garelick Farms Announces Voluntary Recall

NEWS RELEASE



Contact:  Garelick Farms
          1-800-487-8700, ext. 362

For Immediate Release

BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2001 -- Garelick Farms of Massachusetts announced today that it is voluntarily recalling one-half gallon round containers of Garelick Farms Mint Cookie ice cream. This product may contain peanuts or pieces of peanuts. Individuals with allergies to peanuts run the risk of a serious or life threatening reaction if they consume this product. Garelick Farms initiated the recall after one peanut was discovered in a bag of cookie crunch, which is blended into the mint ice cream. No illnesses or allergic reactions have been reported.

The ice cream was manufactured by Brigham’s Ice Cream Company at its plant located in Arlington, Massachusetts and was packaged under the Garelick Farms label. The product may have been distributed in stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

The product comes in round half-gallon containers of Garelick Farms Mint Cookie ice cream (UPC 30255-66116), which are marked with a code date of “072402.” The company believes 1,000 of the half-gallon containers of the ice cream from the production run were distributed to stores. Delivery truck drivers, distributors, and stores have been alerted and recovery of the
product is already underway.

Consumers with half-gallon round containers of Garelick Farms Mint Cookie ice cream marked with the affected code date are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact a Garelick Farms representative at its Customer Service Hotline (800) 487-8700, ext. 362.

Gus Peters, Vice President of Quality Assurance at Garelick Farms, stated, “As a food company that has been a part of the community for over 70 years, our consumers are our first concern. Brigham’s Ice Cream Company shares this concern. Garelick Farms has been and continues to be cooperating fully with the appropriate federal and state regulatory agencies with this voluntary recall.”

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