Nation Aug 31 Blue Bell ice cream hits shelves after four-month hiatus due to outbreak By Margaret Myers
World May 15 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: Wreckage of Marine helicopter found in Nepal In our news wrap Friday, U.S. Military officials found the wreckage of the Marine helicopter that went down outside of Kathmandu, Nepal, in an area hit hard by the latest earthquake. Six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were on a… By PBS NewsHour
Nation May 15 Blue Bell Creameries lays off 1,450 employees due to listeria outbreak Blue Bell Creameries, the famed Texas ice cream company, will layoff 1,450 employees after listeria problems have halted their production. The full-time and part-time employees losing their jobs account for 37 percent of Blue Bell’s work force. Another 1,400 workers… By Sarah McHaney
Nation May 07 Investigators say Blue Bell ice cream had evidence of listeria in 2013 Blue Bell ice cream had evidence of listeria bacteria in its Oklahoma manufacturing plant as far back as March 2013, a government investigation released Thursday says. The company then continued to ship ice cream produced in that plant after what… By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Health Apr 24 Two Listeria recalls raise questions about ice cream manufacturing Blue Bell Creameries of Texas and Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams of Ohio — extremely popular brands in their home states — took all their products off shelves this week. Blue Bell ice cream is linked to 10 illnesses in four… By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press