Nation May 05 4 things to remember about your frozen greens and the Listeria recall By Lydia Zuraw, Kaiser Health News
Nation Aug 31 Blue Bell ice cream hits shelves after four-month hiatus due to outbreak Blue Bell ice cream returned to stores in Texas and Alabama today, four months after voluntarily pulling all of its products due to a deadly listeria outbreak. By Margaret Myers
Nation May 21 Federal investigators find hygiene issues at Ohio ice cream plant A government investigation of Ohio-based Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams found inadequate testing and cleaning in its Columbus plant before listeria was discovered in some ice cream pints. By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
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
Apr 24 Two Listeria recalls raise questions about ice cream manufacturing By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Apr 23 Jeni’s ice cream recalls all products for possible listeria contamination By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A second ice cream company has shut down production this week after health officials found listeria in a sample of its frozen treats. Continue reading
Apr 10 What is listeria and how did it get in my hummus? By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Large food recalls have forced consumers to throw away hummus and ice cream that may be contaminated with the same potentially deadly bacteria — listeria. Continue reading
Apr 09 Here are the hummus tubs that Sabra recalled By News Desk Sabra Dipping Co. recalled 30,000 cases of hummus sold around the nation Thursday over concerns of listeria contamination. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch CDC Chief: Source of Deadly Listeria in Contaminated Cantaloupes Still Unknown The Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that at least 13 people have died so far from listeria found in contaminated cantaloupes. Gwen Ifill discusses the deadliest outbreak of foodborne disease in more than… Continue watching