Spotted on I-10 today (hint: Blue Bell)
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doc longhorn
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Probably going to the auction block.
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Relax, they're just sending their trucks in for maintenance. When you're not shipping ice cream, it makes a great time to fix what needs to be fixed.
However, BB is doing some test runs on their factories. Hopefully, they'll go into production soon.
Of course, I have a Braums 1/4 mile from my house.
However, BB is doing some test runs on their factories. Hopefully, they'll go into production soon.
Of course, I have a Braums 1/4 mile from my house.
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I understand Alabama has cleared their plant down there for production. Hopefully it won't be too long. A long hot summer like this without ice cream is intolerable!
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From the Statesman:
The long wait might soon be over, Blue Bell fans.
After a successful trial run at its Sylacauga, Ala., plant, Brenham-based Blue Bell Creameries can begin producing and selling ice cream, state health officials said Wednesday.
Blue Bell’s two plants in Brenham and one in Broken Arrow, Okla., remain closed.
Tests conducted on ice cream made during the trial run showed no signs of listeria, the potentially deadly bacteria that prompted the company to issue the first recall in its 108-year-old history.
Blue Bell hasn’t announced yet when its products will be back in stores, or where they’ll initially be distributed. The company has, however, said that initially there will only be a limited number of flavors available.
Hard for me to get excited about Blue Bell's return. Any company that knowingly distributed tainted product is not one worth supporting. Blue Bell used to be the only ice cream I would consider buying; now it is the last ice cream I would consider buying.
I think you have bad info. They did not know it was actually in their product. But I'm not an expert on the subject.
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Duke C #11
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HEB, here I come!
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Juan you posted this and it began raining here in College Station, see it is a miracle
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I went to high school with one of Kruse's sons. I had a hard time a kid wondering how ice cream that taste so good be made by an aggie company.
2015 recalls[edit]
In 2015, the company issued a recall on an assortment of items produced at its creameries, due to the discovery of five cases of listeriosis in Kansas believed to be caused by products from the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma creamery.[25] Three of the five patients with listeria died, possibly due to the infection.[26] Subsequently, Blue Bell expanded the recall covering all of its products—a recall of over eight million gallons, to be disposed of into a sanitary landfill.[27][28] This was as a result of "an enhanced sampling program" launched by Blue Bell which produced "several positive tests for Listeria in different places and plants", including three further cases in Texas.[29] Although a spokeswoman had previously demurred on the subject of job losses,[30] Blue Bell laid off 37% of its workers in May 2015.[31] They also announced that another 1,400 would be temporarily furloughed until the clean-up is finished. The remaining employees, who are essential to the clean-up effort, also had wage reductions imposed on them.[32]
The recalls were so severe that they threatened to shut down the company; executives warned shareholders that they faced a "capital crisis."[33] In July 2015, Sid Bass, a prominent Texas investor, became a partner and investor with the company; Blue Bell secured a $125 million loan to continue operations.[34] Later that month, the Sylacauga, Alabama plant resumed production, creating test batches.[33] The FDA found that the company failed to follow standard practices to prevent contamination. Two years prior to the recalls, the company "repeatedly found listeria in its Broken Arrow facility."[33]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Bell_Creameries#History
2015 recalls[edit]
In 2015, the company issued a recall on an assortment of items produced at its creameries, due to the discovery of five cases of listeriosis in Kansas believed to be caused by products from the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma creamery.[25] Three of the five patients with listeria died, possibly due to the infection.[26] Subsequently, Blue Bell expanded the recall covering all of its products—a recall of over eight million gallons, to be disposed of into a sanitary landfill.[27][28] This was as a result of "an enhanced sampling program" launched by Blue Bell which produced "several positive tests for Listeria in different places and plants", including three further cases in Texas.[29] Although a spokeswoman had previously demurred on the subject of job losses,[30] Blue Bell laid off 37% of its workers in May 2015.[31] They also announced that another 1,400 would be temporarily furloughed until the clean-up is finished. The remaining employees, who are essential to the clean-up effort, also had wage reductions imposed on them.[32]
The recalls were so severe that they threatened to shut down the company; executives warned shareholders that they faced a "capital crisis."[33] In July 2015, Sid Bass, a prominent Texas investor, became a partner and investor with the company; Blue Bell secured a $125 million loan to continue operations.[34] Later that month, the Sylacauga, Alabama plant resumed production, creating test batches.[33] The FDA found that the company failed to follow standard practices to prevent contamination. Two years prior to the recalls, the company "repeatedly found listeria in its Broken Arrow facility."[33]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Bell_Creameries#History
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