Pints and half gallons were not included in the recall. Nothing will stop my family from buying Blue Bell Ice Cream. That was also the opinion at work today.
Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), stated that all five of the sickened individuals, including the three who have died (60% mortality rate) were receiving treatment at the same Kansas hospital before developing the listeriosis, suggesting their infections with the Listeria bacteria were nosocomial (acquired, while eating the products, in the hospital). That might also help to explain the higher mortality rate in these cases (60%, versus the more normal 20%-30%): the people, who were all older (three of the five were women) were already hospitalized.[13][14][15]
HMMMM, the only people affected were those who were already patients in the same hospital. I’ll have a pint of triple chocolate please.
I live and work in Northern California, but at the last Company I was at our CEO (a former Texas Aggie) flew in some Blue Bell Ice Cream for a Company party. It was great. I can’t find it here, and I can’t quite see flying it in for my own personal use (I checked their website - it is an option, but I’d have to eat a lot more ice cream than I should to make the shipment practical), but it is excellent ice cream.