Blue Bell Ice Cream Recall

Blue Bell Again Recalls Ice Cream Due to Listeria

September 22, 2016

About one year after a Listeria outbreak prompted numerous recalls and the temporary closing of one of its production facilities, Blue Bell Creamery announced that Listeria again is forcing the company to recall products. According to the company, chocolate chip cookie dough in the ice cream could contain Listeria. The affected ice cream was distributed in 10 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

The Blue Bell recall affects the following products:

Blue Bell Ice Cream Half Gallons: Code Dates
Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: 082618226
Blue Bell Cookie Two Step: 080418222, 08181824

Blue Bell Ice Cream Pints: Code Dates
Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: 081518242, 082418242

Blue Bell Recalls Ice Cream and Other Frozen Dessert Products

April 22, 2015

Blue Bell Creamery has recalled its ice cream, sherbet, frozen yogurt and frozen snacks following the discovery of a strain of Listeria in two of its production facilities and in some ice cream in an Oklahoma hospital.  Reportedly, more than a dozen people in Kansas, Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma have been infected with listeriosis, and three people have died, although it is as yet undetermined whether the deaths were caused by the patients’ Listeria infections.

The expanded recall list of Blue Bell ice cream and frozen dessert products has grown substantially since the original recall was announced.  The best advice to consumers is to refrain from eating any of the Company’s products for now.  Many grocery stores and other retailers have pulled all Blue Bell products from their shelves.