A recalled gelato pint may still be in freezers—check this lot code

Find the pint in your freezer

Lidl is recalling one lot of its Gelatelli Coffee & Vanilla Gelato with Coffee Sauce & Cookie Pieces. The recalled product is a 16-fluid-ounce (one-pint) clear plastic tub with a brown lid. fda +1 Check the container’s bottom for lot 085261, UPC 4056489722458 and best-by date MAR/26/2028. fda +1

The retailer distributed it from July 19 through Oct. 15 to its stores in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. fda +1

What testing found

Lidl says routine quality testing found Listeria monocytogenes on a laboratory sample, prompting the recall; it reported no illnesses at the time of its notice. The alert concerns a specific lot and a positive test sample, not a reported outbreak. fda +1

Food Safety News notes the product’s March 2028 date could leave a matching tub in a freezer weeks after its sale. Listeria can cause serious infection, and CDC identifies pregnant people, newborns, adults 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems as groups at higher risk. The agency estimates about 1,250 U.S. infections and 172 deaths annually; those are national estimates, not cases linked to this gelato. foodsafetynews +1

What to do with a matching tub

Do not eat it. Lidl says customers can discard the gelato or return it to a Lidl store for a full refund, with no receipt required. For questions, the company’s customer-care line is 844-747-5435, open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. fda +1

Food Safety News advises anyone who has eaten the recalled product and develops symptoms to seek medical care and mention possible exposure; CDC says symptoms can vary by person and illness type. foodsafetynews +1