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Blue Bell Voluntarily Recalls All Of Its Products Due To Possible Health Risk
News 360 ^ | April 20, 2015

Posted on 04/20/2015 8:41:41 PM PDT by kingattax

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After concerns about Listeria contamination, Blue Bell Ice Cream has voluntarily recalled ALL of its products currently on the market. The recall includes ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet and frozen snacks made at all of its facilities.

A press release from the Brenham, Texas-based company say the products “have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.”

In the statement Blue Bell CEO and president Paul Kruse said, “We’re committed to doing the 100 percent right thing, and the best way to do that is to take all of our products off the market until we can be confident that they are all safe.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bluebell; bluebellicecream; listeria; recall; sabotage; texas
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To: kingattax
Worthless without pics!


21 posted on 04/20/2015 9:12:22 PM PDT by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: Grams A

I get the quarts to subdue temptation. One a week. Rotate between Butter Pecan, Cookies and Cream, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Pistachio, Black Walnut, Peppermint and Cherry but it is mostly dictated by what is available from the favorites list. Did I forget Old Fashioned Vanilla?

Sure sounds like extortion to me. Same problem in plants in different areas? Not bloody likely. They had better put the thumb screws down on security. If it were me I’d shut down all the plants, fire almost everybody and see what happened.


22 posted on 04/20/2015 9:12:54 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: PAR35; MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Not bloody likely it is an accident.

Shut down all the plants and fire everyone. See what happens. Start over.

Likely extortion.


23 posted on 04/20/2015 9:15:32 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Like I said, extortion.

I’d walk into a crowded room with a hand grenade and pull the pin before I’d ever allow it.

Fire everybody.


24 posted on 04/20/2015 9:16:46 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: aragorn

More likely they just don’t know yet, and don’t have time to find out for sure which facility had the problem. Or, they don’t have a sure way to tell consumers how they can tell if their package came from that plant. So they just recall it all. It’s expensive and wasteful, but effective.


25 posted on 04/20/2015 9:21:44 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Jane Long

Jane, hopefully they are insured for such circumstances.

It’s a shame it came to this, but it sounds like they are doing the right thing.


26 posted on 04/20/2015 9:21:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: kingattax

Breaks my heart.

The problem is, once the problem is admitted to, the line of plaintiff attorneys will form on the left and not end for about six years. Ask BP how that feels.


27 posted on 04/20/2015 9:22:16 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Every time you say no to a liberal, you make the Baby Barack cry.)
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To: Sequoyah101

We just get plain old vanilla. Of course it isn’t so plain any more by the time we cover it with homemade caramel topping, maybe a sliced banana, some blueberries or fresh strawberries or put a dip or so on top of a huge oatmeal raisin cookie right out of the oven and still warm. Doc said we need to eat more fresh fruit and whole grains so....


28 posted on 04/20/2015 9:22:20 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Sequoyah101

or it is a process problem with something, IE same machine in all factories or, same issue with production process USDA or food inspection founf


29 posted on 04/20/2015 9:22:34 PM PDT by orionrising
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To: Grams A

Correction, PINTS. I’m more disciplined than I thought I was! Maybe if I stick to pints I won’t get sick from whatever they are having problems with?


30 posted on 04/20/2015 9:24:38 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: orionrising

machines don’t get sick and contamination doesn’t spread that far?


31 posted on 04/20/2015 9:25:30 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: OrangeHoof

BP deserves it. Blue Bell doesn’t.

What BP started five years ago this very day is still being paid for by many, many innocent people in the oil industry as well as the consumer though that is hard to see now.

The oil industry is getting part of the punishment BP deserves and that would not be enough.


32 posted on 04/20/2015 9:27:43 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: patriot08
OMG. The best ice cream in the world. What a horrible thing to happen to this little creamery in Texas!

Personally, I would award that appellation to Braum's. They maintain a slightly higher butterfat content than Blue Bell. It's intentional -- they recognize Blue Bell as the second best ice cream in the world.

33 posted on 04/20/2015 9:28:20 PM PDT by okie01
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To: kingattax

I’m not sure they can survive this. But, I just had a bowl of peach vanilla and will remember it always if it turns out to be the last bowl I’ll ever eat.

I may have to move to East Tennessee so I can get some Mayfield ice cream. I put it right up there with Blue Bell.


34 posted on 04/20/2015 9:28:22 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are RINO voters.)
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To: Ramius

Your tag line sounds about right for the times.


35 posted on 04/20/2015 9:28:51 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: patriot08; All

Their “Pecan Pralines and Cream” is my favorite!

Here in Charlotte, they took all the stock off the shelves over two weeks ago and they have just now started restocking it. Is this a NEW recall or the same one from last month? Anyone know?


36 posted on 04/20/2015 9:34:41 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: kingattax

Blue Bell makes excellent ice cream.

Good on them for acting very responsibly in this incident.


37 posted on 04/20/2015 9:45:28 PM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Governent is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V.)
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To: okie01

It is second best and Braum’s is my last stop headed south. Even the Bad of Burgers can’t be beat. Five burgers, dry with lettuce and tomato, a black walnut malt, a big bag of cheese for the freezer, muffins for breakfast and I’m on the road again.

They won’t distribute more than a day’s truck run from Tuttle even if I promised I’d be their best customer ever.

Blue Bell is second best it is true but it is a good enough second best.


38 posted on 04/20/2015 9:54:55 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: okie01

Correction. That’s BAG of Burgers... Bag.


39 posted on 04/20/2015 9:56:27 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: patriot08
*The best ice cream in the world.*

It's very good for a mass produced product...............

..............but, if you ever stray from Texas, I'll take you to try the *best*...............

comes from the ag program at UCONN

It's even better than Gifford’s of Maine....which is pretty darn good.

Sad, that BB has been hit by this calamity....it will take a long time to rebuild their reputation. Hope they recover famously.

40 posted on 04/20/2015 9:58:14 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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