Molly Moon’s closes, Snoqualmie Ice Cream issues recall due to potential listeria contamination

Northwest ice cream fans will be kept from Molly Moon’s and should check their Snoqualmie Ice Cream products after the ice cream makers discovered the potential for listeria contamination.

On Tuesday, Snoqualmie Ice Cream issued a voluntary recall of all their ice cream, gelato, custard and sorbet products. The recall includes all flavors and container sizes produced on or after January 1, 2014 until December 21, 2014 because they say the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Molly Moon’s, a partner of Snoqualmie Ice Cream who uses the same milk and cream to make their ice creams, are also taking precautions, closing their shops for a few extra days around the holidays to remake all new ice cream. They hope to reopen Friday Dec. 26.

Snoqualmie Ice Cream says the recall was initiated based on a positive result of Listeria monocytogenes at the production facility.

They explain in the release: “Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.”

The potentially contaminated Snoqualmie Ice Cream products were sold in Washington, Arizona, Idaho, California, Oregon, Alaska, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.

Customers who have purchased the affected products are being told to dispose of it or return to the place of purchase to get a refund.