The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2688-2015·Announced 2015-07-01

Blue Bell DZ Country Cone Vanilla Recall Due to Listeria Infections

Blue Bell Creameries is recalling DZ Country Cone Vanilla single-serve snacks after five patients in Kansas were infected with Listeria monocytogenes.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly reports that five patients were infected with Listeria monocytogenes, and the agency classification is FDA Class I, which meets the criteria for a Critical severity score.

Plain-English summary

Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. is recalling 903,756 units of DZ Country Cone, Vanilla - Single Serve Snack. The recall was initiated after 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 24 U.S. states, including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois, Montana, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, and Nevada. The product was also distributed in Bermuda, Belize, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Dominican Republic, Panama, Turks and Caicos, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Chile, Peru, China, Mexico, Philippines, Tortola, St. Thomas and St. Croix, Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, and Dominica.

Consumers should check their pantries for this product. The source text does not specify specific lot numbers, stating only that all lot codes within the expiry date are affected. Consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
DZ Country Cone, Vanilla - Single Serve Snack
Manufacturer
Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
Category
Food — Frozen Desserts
Hazard
Affected units
903,756

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 (1)

  • all lot codes within expiry

Distribution

Distributed in 24 states:

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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