Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries News

Texas’ Blue Bell Creameries to Pay $17.25M in Penalties for Listeria Contamination

Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries L.P. has been ordered to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated ice cream products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Blue Bell pleaded guilty in May …

Texas Creamery Blue Bell to Plead Guilty, Pay $19M over Listeria Outbreak

Texas-based ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries has agreed to pay $19.35 million and plead guilty to charges that it shipped contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak, the U.S. Justice Department said on April 1. Prosecutors also filed …

Texas-Based Blue Bell Gets OK to Make Ice Cream at Alabama Plant

Brenham, Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries can resume production and sale of ice cream manufactured at its Alabama plant, the Alabama Department of Public Health announced. A state inspection found that Blue Bell’s creamery in Sylacauga, Ala., meets all state public …

Blue Bell Begins Trial Production Runs after Listeria Scare

Blue Bell Creameries has started ice cream production trial runs in Alabama three months after a listeria scare halted all sales. The Texas-based company said it’s evaluating enhanced production processes at its plant in Sylacauga, Ala. Blue Bell earlier this …