article_snippet: The deaths of three people who developed a foodborne illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products has prompted the Texas icon's first product recall in the Texas icon 108-year history.
article_snippet: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says listeria bacteria were found in samples of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Country Cookies, Great Divide Bars, Sour Pop Green Apple Bars, Cotton Candy Bars, Scoops, Vanilla Stick Slices, Almond Bars and No Sugar Added Moo Bars.
article_snippet: Blue Bell says Blue Bell regular Cotton Candy Bars were untainted, as were Blue Bell half gallons, quarts, pints, cups, three-gallon ice cream and take-home frozen snack novelties.
article_snippet: Blue Bell says Blue Bell regular Moo Bars were untainted, as were Blue Bell half gallons, quarts, pints, cups, three-gallon ice cream and take-home frozen snack novelties .
article_snippet: matched strains isolated from Blue Bell products obtained this year in South Carolina and Texas.
article_snippet: Via Christi St. Francis was not aware of any listeria contamination in the Blue Bell Creameries ice cream products and immediately removed all Blue Bell Creameries products from all Via Christi locations once any listeria contamination in the Blue Bell Creameries ice cream products was discovered,' hospital spokeswoman Maria Loving said in a statement Friday to The Associated Press.
article_snippet: any listeria contamination in the Blue Bell Creameries ice cream products has been traced to a machine that extrudes the ice cream into forms and onto cookies, and a machine that extrudes the ice cream into forms and onto cookies remains off line, Cruse said.
article_snippet: However, 'Contaminated ice cream products may still be in the freezers of consumers, institutions, and retailers, given that All products now on store and institution shelves can have a shelf life of up to 2 years,' the CDC statement said.
article_snippet: CDC recommends that consumers do not eat products that Blue Bell Creameries removed from the market, and institutions and retailers should not serve or sell institutions and retailers.
highlights_snippet: Listeria bacteria were found in samples of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Country Cookies, Great Divide Bars, Sour Pop Green Apple Bars, Cotton Candy Bars, Scoops, Vanilla Stick Slices, Almond Bars and No Sugar Added Moo Bars .
  
highlights_snippet: That contamination has been traced to a machine that extrudes the ice cream into forms and onto cookies, which remains off line .