Blue Bell Great Divide Bar Recalled Due to Listeria Infections
Blue Bell Creameries is recalling Great Divide Bars after five patients in Kansas were infected with rare Listeria strains.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, and the source text explicitly reports that five patients were infected with Listeria monocytogenes, meeting the criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. is recalling Blue Bell Great Divide Bars, a chocolate and artificially flavored vanilla frozen dessert with coating. The recall involves 2,116,608 units of the 2.75 fl oz (81 mL) product.
The recall was initiated because five patients treated in a single hospital in Kansas were infected with one of four rare strains of Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product was distributed in numerous U.S. states and international locations, including Bermuda, Belize, and various countries in the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas.
Consumers should check their freezers for the recalled product, identified by SKU #108 and specific lot codes such as 052116A through 011317A. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- BLUE BELL GREAT DIVIDE BAR CHOCOLATE AND ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED VANILLA FROZEN DESSERT WITH CHOCOLATE FLAVORED AND ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED VANILLA COATING 2.75 FL OZ (81 mL)
- Manufacturer
- Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
- Category
- Food — Frozen Dessert
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 2,116,608
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (11)
- SKU #108
- All lots within expiry including 052116A
- 062816A
- 063016A
- 082916A
- 100616A
- 110416A
- 110516A
- 112416A
- 011217A
- 011317A
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 286 recalled by Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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