Blue Bell has issued an urgent voluntary recall due to concerns of a possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The company has recalled select products containing chocolate chip cookie dough pieces purchased from an outside supplier, Aspen Hills.
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The recall affects the following products:
| Blue Bell Ice Cream half gallons: | Code Dates |
| Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough | 082618226 |
| Blue Bell Cookie Two Step | 080418222, 081818224 |
| Blue Bell Ice Cream pints: | Code Dates |
| Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough | 081518242, 082418242 |
Listeria can cause serious, sometimes fatal, infections in children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
Shipments of possibly contaminated ice cream were sent to stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Virginia.
No shipments were sent to any Texas stores.
Out of an abundance of caution, we are issuing a voluntary recall on two ice cream flavors. https://t.co/KYfdTUWsPJ
— Blue Bell Ice Cream (@ILoveBlueBell) September 21, 2016