Velvet Ice Cream Pulling Cone Products

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- UTICA, Ohio (Jan. 30, 2009) – Velvet Ice Cream has announced a voluntary recall of its Velvet Round Top Vanilla Cones, which are sold individually and in four-packs in grocery and convenience stores.

Velvet began asking stores to pull the novelty item from shelves Friday. Velvet launched the recall after the Peanut Corporation of America began a voluntary recall Thursday of all peanuts and peanut products processed since Jan. 1, 2007, at its Blakely, Ga., facility.

The recall was initiated by Velvet suppliers, Fieldbrook Foods of Dunkirk, N.Y., and Ice Cream Specialties of Lafayette, Ind., which manufacture the products under an agreement with Velvet. The cones are sprinkled with crushed peanuts.