September 18, 2020

A federal court in Texas sentenced ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries L.P. to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak.

The Brenham, Texas-based Blue Bell is an iconic 113-year…

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Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged

By Bill Marler

May 1, 2020

So says the press release from the Department of Justice today.

Here is something that I wrote almost 5 years ago today:
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After watching the Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak unfold over the last months – especially after reading the…