Which ice-cream company recalled all its products in 2015 after a Listeria outbreak linked to its Texas plant?

Blue Bell Creameries recalled all its products in 2015 after a Listeria outbreak linked to its Texas plant.

The recall began in April 2015 after tests found Listeria monocytogenes in products made at Blue Bell’s Brenham, Texas, facility. The outbreak was associated with illnesses and deaths among patients at a Kansas hospital where Blue Bell ice cream had been served.

Blue Bell expanded the action from selected products to all products made at its facilities. The company stopped production, removed ice cream from stores, and conducted extensive cleaning and testing before gradually returning products to the market.

Listeria can survive in refrigerated environments, so frozen storage does not automatically make contaminated food safe. The 2015 incident is sometimes confused with later recalls involving other ice-cream brands, but Blue Bell’s nationwide shutdown was especially notable because it involved the company’s entire product line.