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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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.
Not bloody likely it is an accident.
Shut down all the plants and fire everyone. See what happens. Start over.
Likely extortion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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
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?
machines don’t get sick and contamination doesn’t spread that far?
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.
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.
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.
Your tag line sounds about right for the times.
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?
Blue Bell makes excellent ice cream.
Good on them for acting very responsibly in this incident.
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.
Correction. That’s BAG of Burgers... Bag.
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.
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