Blue Bell Listeria Follow-Up

Previously noted: The right-wing political contributors at Blue Bell have literally killed people, & of course regulation by the almighty market is a joke like everything else morons hold to be true; Blue Bell has been filthy for yrs. & yrs.

WASHINGTON (KTRK) -- Listeria bacteria was found in Blue Bell ice cream's Oklahoma plant as far back as March 2013. That's according to test results released Thursday by the government.

The company continued to ship ice cream produced in that plant after what the FDA said was inadequate cleaning.

Three deaths are now linked to the ice cream, and the company recalled all of its products last month.

Read the CDC findings (.pdf files):
Brenham, TX facility
Broken Arrow, OK facility
Sylacauga, AL facility

The Food and Drug Administration released results of investigations into Blue Bell's plants in Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama. The most extensive violations were found in Oklahoma, where the FDA listed 16 separate positive tests for listeria on equipment and in ice cream from March 2013 through January 2015.

Blue Bell spokesman Joe Robertson issued this statement regarding the FDA report on positive listeria tests on surfaces in 2013:

"Several swab tests did show the presence of listeria on non-food surfaces in Blue Bell's Broken Arrow plant in 2013. As is standard procedure for any such positive results, the company would immediately clean the surfaces and swab until the tests were negative. We thought our cleaning process took care of any problems, but in hindsight, it was not adequate, which is why we are currently conducting such a comprehensive re-evaluation of all our operations."

This is the part (the conclusion) where I peter out, having nothing funny or, really, anything at all, because what the fuck else can I say about any of this rancid garbage that some other buffon hasn't typed twice already?

Today In Corporate Murder

Michigan resident dies from listeria outbreak in packaged salads; Dole and other brands recalled

(WXYZ) - A Michigan resident has died due to a listeria outbreak in Dole packaged salads, according the the Centers for Diseased Control. According to the CDC, the salads have been recalled.

Since September 2015, the CDC has been collaborating with public health officials in several states and the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the multi-state listeria outbreak.

According to the CDC, the outbreak came from packaged salads produced at the Dole processing facility in Springfield, Ohio and were sold under various brand names.

In all, 12 people have been infected with the outbreak in six states. Four people from Michigan were also infected and all 12 reported being hospitalized. According to the CDC, the ages of those infected range from 3 years old to 83 years old.

The CDC recommends that consumers do not eat, and restaurants and retailers do not sell packaged salads at the Dole facility in Springfield, Ohio.

Production of the salads has been stopped at the Springfield facility in Springfield on Jan. 21.

The salads were sold under various brand names, including Dole, Fresh Selections, Simple Truth, Marketside, The Little Salad Bar and President's Choice.

The packaged salads can be identified by the letter "A" at the beginning of the manufacturing code found on the package.

According to the CDC, there is no evidence that packaged salads produced at other Dole facilities are linked to listeria.

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(Note crummy usage & style. Were I Scripps Media, Inc., I wouldn't be so quick to slap a copyright on that. Could it have been generated by a robot?)

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Dog Bites Man, Gets Listeria

Here's a big fucking surprise: Ice cream maker Blue Bell, which runs such shitty operations they had to be shut down for cleaning due to listeria infestation

HOUSTON - Blue Bell says it is temporarily ceasing operations while workers undergo new system training.

Blue Bell has been producing ice cream this week for testing only. This will end on Friday and the ice cream will not be sold.

Starting Monday, the plant will be training employees at all four Blue Bell locations on new, intense cleaning procedures. The plant will not be producing ice cream during this time. It is unclear how long the training will take.

There is not a timeline for when Blue Bell products will be back on the shelves. "We've always worked to make the very highest quality ice cream," said Blue Bell CEO and President Paul Kruse. "We intend to make a fresh start and that begins with intensive cleaning and enhanced training. This is a paradigm shifting event at Blue Bell and we want to put in place new systems to drive continuous improvement."

is a big contributor to, shall we say, reactionary causes.

"We don't need no stinkin' regulations," CEO & President A. Hitler concluded.

A Time Period In Listeria

Third time's the charm:

A private laboratory has linked a deadly strain of listeria to a Blue Bell plant in Alabama, providing the first evidence that all three of the ice cream maker's production facilities distributed contaminated products.

The lab tested a half gallon of Cookies 'n Cream on behalf of Brent McRae, a Florida man recovering from a suspected bout of meningitis.

The Houston Chronicle has a convenient timeline of nausea-induction for those w/ any interest. (Ours is certainly flagging.) Also, Jesus, we guess because they're triple-murderers & worse.

The Hippies Are Poisoning You!

Nothing is real, no one is safe.

Deena Shanker / Bloomberg:

Beyond Meat Plant's Dirty Conditions Revealed in Photos, Documents  —  Photos and internal documents from a Beyond Meat Inc. plant in Pennsylvania show apparent mold, Listeria and other food-safety issues, compounding problems at a factory the company had expected to play a major role in its future.

Julie Creswell / New York Times:   Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries

Devan Bugbee / The Daily Caller:   REPORT: Beyond Meat Factory Plagued By Mold, ‘Dirty Conditions’

Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:   Beyond Meat factory riddled with mold, other dirty conditions: leaked documents

Kyle Barr / Gizmodo:   Beyond Meat's Pennsylvania Plant Reportedly Had Mold and Bacteria Problems

Do not eat imitation anything.

JOB CREATION!!

BREAKING: Blue Bell to lay off a third of its workers after listeria concerns halt ice cream production.

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 15, 2015

No matter the lies the liberal media tell, remember that health & safety regulations are killing American jobs.

Been on it like microbes on an ice-cream maker.