Blue Bell Creameries recalls all products after ice cream tests positive for listeria

• Company ‘cannot say with certainty’ how bacteria came to be in its facilities
• Texas production line linked to three deaths at Kansas hospital

Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries issued a voluntary recall on Monday night for all of its products on the market after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeria, a potentially deadly bacteria.

The company “cannot say with certainty” how the bacteria was introduced to its facilities, Blue Bell’s chief executive, Paul Kruse, said in a statement. Blue Bell issued the recall that includes ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet and frozen snacks distributed in 23 states and international locations because other products “have the potential to be contaminated”, according to the statement.

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