Blue Bell Strawberry Bars Recalled Due to Listeria Infections
Blue Bell Creameries is recalling multiple strawberry bar products because 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 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 several strawberry-based bar products, including DZ Strawberry Banana Bars, DZ Strawberry Shortcake Bars, DZ Strawberry Fruit Bars, and various multi-packs of strawberry and vanilla bars. The recall involves 7,631,733 units distributed across numerous U.S. states and international locations.
The recall was initiated after five patients treated in a single hospital in Kansas were found to be infected with one of four rare strains of Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products include all lot codes within their expiry dates.
Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using them immediately and check the specific lot codes against the recall notice. The products were distributed in 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, as well as in various international territories and countries.
The recalled product
- Product
- DZ Strawberry Banana Bar - Institutional Snack Item; DZ Strawberry Shortcake Bar - Institutional Snack Item; DZ Strawberry Fruit Bar - Single Serve Snack; 12 Pak Strawberries & Homemade Vanilla Bars; 6 Pak Dipped Strawberry Fruit Bars; 6 Pak Strawberry Fruit Bars
- Manufacturer
- Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
- Category
- Food — Frozen Desserts / Bars
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 7,631,733
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
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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