article_snippet: Listeriosis, a food-borne illness, linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products did not cause the deaths of three hospital patients, but it may have been a contributing factor, according to Kansas health officials.
article_snippet: Listeriosis, a food-borne illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products did not cause the deaths of three hospital patients, but it may have been a contributing factor, according to Kansas health officials. 
article_snippet: Via Christi 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,' Loving said in a statement Friday to The Associated Press.
article_snippet: the South Carolina contamination 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, Kruse 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 two years,' the CDC statement said.
article_snippet: It is not unusual to see listeria outbreaks linked to dairy products, including ice cream, said Marler.
article_snippet: In December, an ice cream company in Snohomish, Washington, recalled nearly a year's worth of ice cream and related products because of possible listeria contamination that sickened two men.
highlights_snippet: Contamination has been traced to a machine that extrudes the ice cream into forms and onto cookies, which remains off line .
  