Blue Bell Creameries is expanding its previously announced recall of its ice cream products containing chocolate chip cookie dough because of possible contamination by the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
The company that makes the cookie dough ingredients for Blue Bell Creameries said there was not listeria in the ingredients they shipped to the Texas-based ice cream maker. They stated a recall on their ingredients was issued in an “abundance of caution.”
Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has issued a voluntary recall of two flavors of its ice cream over concerns of possible listeria contamination.
Although no listeria has been found in Blue Bell products, false impressions about the bacteria at Blue Bell has hurt the little creamery based in Brenham, Texas. Headlines have added to the damage done – “Listeria Found Again at Blue Bell
More than 200 true Blue Bell ice cream aficionados gathered for a prayer vigil in Southeast Texas to show their unwavering support for the 108 year old company. Blue Bell Creameries has been sidelined by a series of Listeria bacteria discoveries in two of their plants between January to March.
Blue Bell Creameries has issued yet another recall. This time, the recall has been expanded to include off of its products manufactured in all of its facilities. The voluntary recall comes after expanded testing of its product line. The new tests revealed the Listeria bacteria in one of its half-gallon containers of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
