I Shriek, You Shriek, All of us Scream for Ice Cream – without Pathogens

Thanks to the 1920’s tune The good idea about both practicing food law for a long period of time and having a foodborne epidemiologist on personnel is that we have the history of these break outs at our fingertips.

Year	State	Representative	Ill	Hospitalized	Passed Away	Brand Name
2023	Washington	Listeria	6	6	3	Frugals
2023	NY and PA	Listeria	2	2	0	Genuine Kosher
2021-2022	Multistate	Listeria	23	22	1	Huge Olaf Creamery
2014	Washington	Listeria	2	2	0	Snoqualmie Ice Cream
2010-2015	Multistate	Listeria	10	10	3	Blue Bell
2008	Vermont	E. coli	6	3	0	Homemade Ice Cream, unpasteurized milk
2008	Minnesota	Salmonella	2	0	0	Homemade ice cream
2008	California	E. coli	2	0	0	Taken in at a dining establishment; brand name or pasteurization unidentified
2007	California	Norovirus	17	0	0	Ice cream with berries, berries were most likely the infected active ingredient
2007	Pennsylvania	Campylobacter	3	0	0	Homemade ice cream
2007	Minnesota	Liver Disease A	15	6	0	Ice cream or yogurt at a dining establishment
2007	West Virginia	Salmonella	8	2	0	Homemade ice cream
2006	Belgium	E. coli	12	5	0	Ice cream at a farm
2006	California	Salmonella	6	0	0	Homemade Ice Cream
2005	Multistate	Salmonella	26	11	0	Cold Stone Creamery (cake batter was the infected active ingredient)
1994	Multistate	Salmonella	12	—	—	Schwan’s Ice Cream– the approximated # of ill cases is 224,000!
1993	Florida	Salmonella	593	—	—	Homemade Ice Cream