Blue Bell Ice Cream Recalls 3 Oz. Institutional/Food Service Ice Cream Cups Because Of Possible Health Risk

BRENHAM, Texas, March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Bell Ice Cream is recalling three flavors of its 3 oz. institutional/food service ice cream cups because they 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.

The cups recalled are chocolate, strawberry and vanilla flavors with tab lids. They are not sold through retail outlets such as convenience stores or supermarkets. No retail products are involved in the recall and no illnesses have been reported to date.

Listeria infection may cause healthy individuals to suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but it can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

On March 22, the Kansas Department of Health & Environment reported one positive test for Listeria monocytogenes on a chocolate institutional/food service cup recovered from a hospital in Wichita, Kansas. This cup was produced in the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma plant on April 15, 2014.

The ice cream cups 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 food service accounts.

Consumers who have purchased these items are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. For more information consumers with questions may call 979-836-7977, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CST.

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SOURCE Blue Bell Creameries

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