Blue Bell Ice Cream to Return to Montgomery Soon
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Blue Bell Creameries will resume distributing ice cream to select markets in Texas and Alabama this month after halting sales and production following listeria contamination.
The Texas-based company says it plans to re-enter parts of 15 states in five phases. The first phase, which starts Aug. 31, will include the Montgomery and Birmingham areas in Alabama and the Brenham, Houston and Austin areas in Texas.
The Blue Bell production facility in Sylacauga, Alabama, began producing ice cream in July. Production facilities in Brenham and Broken Arrow, Okla., are still undergoing upgrades similar to those made at the Alabama plant.
Blue Bell in April voluntarily recalled all products after its treats were linked to 10 listeria illnesses in four states, including three deaths in Kansas.
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