Blue Bell Ice Cream Recall

FDA Investigates Listeria monocytogenes in Ice Cream Products from Blue Bell Creameries      

Update

April 4, 2015

On April 3, 2015, the CDC recommended that consumers do not eat any Blue Bell brand products made at the Blue Bell Creameries Broken Arrow, Okla., production facility and that retailers and institutions do not sell or serve them.

Several items have  tested positive forListeria monocytogenes, and additional products manufactured on the same line. These items have the potential to be young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeriamonocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Blue Bell brand products made at the Broken Arrow, Okla., production facility can be identified by checking for letters “O,” “P,” “Q,” “R,” “S,” and “T” following the “code date” printed on the bottom of the product package.

According to the CDC, this advice is especially important for people at higher risk for listeriosis, including pregnant women, adults 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems.

FDA is conducting an investigation at the Blue Bell Creameries plant in Broken Arrow, Okla.

On April 3, 2015, Blue Bell Creameries announced  that the firm will voluntarily suspend operations at its Broken Arrow, Okla., plant. 

What Products Are Involved?

Blue Bell Creameries has reported two recalls in connection with this investigation.

On March 13, 2015, the company reported that they had removed the following products from the market. This action included only the products listed below and does not include Blue Bell cups, pints or half gallons.

The frozen snack items listed below were distributed in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming via select stores and food service accounts.

Product Name	Product Code
Chocolate Chip Country Cookie	UPC 71899-21169
Great Divide Bar	UPC 71899-21178
Sour Pop Green Apple Bar	UPC 71899-21208
Cotton Candy Bar	UPC 71899-21207
Scoops	UPC 71899-00701
Vanilla Stick Slices	No UPC - SKU #964
Almond Bars	UPC 71899-21138
6 pack Cotton Candy Bars	UPC 71899-62257
6 pack Sour Pop Green Apple Bars	UPC 71899-62258
12 pack No Sugar Added Mooo Bars*	UPC 71899-62305

Ice Cream Cup Chocolate (3 FL OZ)	No UPC - SKU #453
Ice Cream Cup Strawberry (3 FL OZ)	No UPC - SKU #452
Ice Cream Cup Vanilla (3 FL OZ)	No UPC – SKU #451

*The regular Mooo Bars, available at grocery stores, are not subject to recall.

Blue Bell Creameries has expanded its recall of products produced in its Broken Arrow, Okla., plant to include Banana Pudding Ice Cream pints. (Source: FDA.gov) 

The pints tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, as did other products produced on the same line.