

Nation Aug 31

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

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, 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

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

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…
Apr 23

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.
Apr 10

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.
Apr 09

By News Desk
Sabra Dipping Co. recalled 30,000 cases of hummus sold around the nation Thursday over concerns of listeria contamination.
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…
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