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Sears says that, in general, listeria contamination can occur at any number of places along the food production line. Aspen Hills also says that in the almost 20 years it has been in operation, it has never had a recall for any reason. But Jon Austin, a spokesman for Aspen Hills, says that the recalled cookie dough lots tested negative for listeria before they were shipped to Blue Bell. Blue Bell claims it found listeria in the dough, and that’s what triggered both companies to issue recalls. After Blue Bell found that some of its ice cream tested positive for listeria during a routine scan, the company tested unopened boxes of chocolate chip cookie dough manufactured by third-party supplier Aspen Hills. In April 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that between 20, 10 people had been hospitalized after becoming ill with several strains of listeria after eating Blue Bell’s ice cream products. This isn’t the first time listeria has been found in Blue Bell ice cream, either.
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Previous recalls have included frozen fruit and vegetables, hummus and waffles. Other foods associated with the bacteria are deli meats, hot dogs and soft cheeses.īut it can thrive in a number of foods. It's also more dangerous for the very old, young children and newborns, and people with immune-suppressing conditions.Ĭookie dough isn’t more likely to be contaminated with listeria than other foods are (though any cookie dough that is meant to be baked shouldn't be eaten raw). But listeria poses a special risk to pregnant women, who could have a miscarriage or stillbirth if they are infected. Most people who become ill from it will suffer the typical food poisoning symptoms. But it is unique in that it can survive and multiply in a range of conditions, including very cold environments. I'm good, but I'm not that good.Listeria isn’t as common a cause of foodborne illness as other bacteria, such as E. Because I got to eat two pints of cookie dough ice cream. The winner is Ben & Jerry's!! Although I kind of liked the lack of vanilla in the base flavor from Blue Bell, their cookie dough chunks didn't really resemble cookie dough as much as Ben & Jerry's and Ben & Jerry's definitely won in the chocolate chip arena.īut the real winner is me. Some of them I might even describe as chunks! They were pretty dark and crunch, and added some nice texture to this ice cream. The chocolate chips were also actually present in this flavor. Because it feels like you are on such an epic quest, you can be quickly led to eating way more ice cream than you planned (but never more than you wanted because you always want more ice cream, even if you don't know it you do, because I say so, this is the problem with writing in the 2nd person that my 8th grade English teacher warned me about). Where you dig out the chunks and get excited to find them. They also held up against your spoon which led me quickly into the quite dangerous Archaeological Dig ice cream eating style. Not that I would know anything about that. They also resembled actually cookie dough.
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The cookie dough mix ins in this version were bigger than Blue Bell's.