Blue Bell Ice Cream Malt Shoppe 3 Gallon

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Blue Bell Ice Cream Malt Shoppe 3 Gallon Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. · reported 2015-07-01

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Five patients who were treated in a single hospital in Kansas were infected with one of four rare strains of Listeria monocytogenes.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2015-03-13
Reported by the agency: 2015-07-01
Closed out (terminated): 2016-11-03
Recalling firm: Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
Brenham, TX
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, OH, KY, TN, AL, MS, IN, IL, MT, AR, LA, TX, Ok, KS, NM, CO, WY, AZ, NV and Bermuda, Belize, Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Dominican Republic, Panama, Turks and Caicos, Haiti, Trinadad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Chile, Peru, China, Mexico, Philippines, Tortola, St. Thomas and St. Croix, Anguilla, St, Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, and Dominica
States we parsed from that text: AL AR AZ CO FL GA IL IN KS KY LA MS MT NC NM NV OH PR SC TN TX VA WY
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Frozen dessertsderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-2638-2015

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