Blue Bell Recalls All Ice Cream after 3 deaths from Listeria

[Knight_Light]

Blue Bell initially recalled certain lots of products but because the company can't find the source of listeria, they are recalling all products (customers can get full refunds at stores).

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/health/blue-bell-ice-cream-recall/

 

[cnsaguy]

Someone please tell me again why Blue Bell is better than Bryers?

 

[UCFRogerz]

BECAUSE IT IS ICE CREAM AND NOT FROZEN SHIT IN A BOX.

 

[OlearyLookAlike]

Thank$ for Po$ting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fabknight]

I have 2 boxes of Blue Bell in my freezer, one box of vanilla bean and one box of pistachio almond. I finished up the pistachio on Tuesday and ate a bowl of the vanilla last night. The ice cream was delicious and I feel fine. Listeria is our new Ebola mini-scare.

 

[Whataknight]

Less regulation by the FDA is a good thing. Businesses can handle things on their own!

 

[fabknight]

Less regulation by the FDA is a good thing. Businesses can handle things on their own!

Agreed. Voluntary recall of 100% of their products out there in the market. They did the right thing.

 

[Whataknight]

Agreed. Voluntary recall of 100% of their products out there in the market. They did the right thing.

Tell that to the families of the 3 dead people. Reports have this issue dating back to 2010. That's quite a period of negligence if true.

 

[fabknight]

Tell that to the families of the 3 dead people. Reports have this issue dating back to 2010. That's quite a period of negligence if true.

For problems with Listeria contamination?

 

[Whataknight]

For problems with Listeria contamination?

Yes - http://www.npr.org/2015/04/23/401655783/cdc-blue-bell-listeria-outbreak-started-in-2010

 

[fabknight]

Yes - http://www.npr.org/2015/04/23/401655783/cdc-blue-bell-listeria-outbreak-started-in-2010

Save me, gubment, save me!!

From NBC article:
"Dr. Robert Tauxe, an expert on foodborne diseases at CDC..

"Tauxe says Blue Bell is doing the right thing now by closing its factories, recalling all products and doing a deep clean. Listeria is especially problematic because it thrives in refrigerators and freezing doesn't kill it.
"Blue Bell is routinely a clean place," Tauxe said. "But this outbreak puts Blue Bell on notice and I think it puts the entire ice cream industry on notice. They need to worry a good deal about Listeria."

Apparently, it isn't uncommon for Listeria to show up in foods on a regular basis and these "on-going" problems are not unusual.

From Food Safety Watch:

"Countries differ in their regulatory approach to the presence of L. monocytogenes in RTE food.
In the USA a ‘zero tolerance policy’ is taken on the presence of L. monocytogenes in any RTE food, and the pathogen should be absent in 25 g of product. However in 2008 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft consultation paper proposing to loosen up these controls to allow a maximum limit of 100/g in frozen and refrigerated RTE foods that do not support the growth of Listeria.
European Union regulations generally permit a count of up to 100/g at the end of shelf life for RTE foods, except those intended for infants and for special medical purposes."

Save me, gubment, save me!!

 

[NinjaKnight]

BECAUSE IT IS ICE CREAM AND NOT FROZEN SHIT IN A BOX.

QFT