--- title: Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths description: Three people in Kansas died after eating contaminated Blue Bell ice cream products canonical: https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-04T12:09:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:59:29.186Z article:section: Health og:title: Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths og:description: Three people in Kansas died after eating contaminated Blue Bell ice cream products og:url: https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths twitter:description: Three people in Kansas died after eating contaminated Blue Bell ice cream products twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths ## Video: The Truth About Fat [Watch (HLS stream): The Truth About Fat](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uYGhfNfS.m3u8) (5:15)  _Published 2014-06-12. When you want to lose weight or get healthy, what is the first thing you would normally cut from your diet? If you said fat, you're not alone_ by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 4, 2015 12:09 PM UTC by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 4, 2015 12:09 PM UTC Blue Bell Ice Cream has voluntarily suspended operations at an Oklahoma production facility that officials had previously connected to a foodborne illness linked to the deaths of three people, the company announced Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people throw away any Blue Bell products made at the company’s plant in Broken Arrow, Okla., even if some has been eaten without becoming sick. Products made at the facility will have the… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/blue-bell-shuts-down-oklahoma-ice-cream-plant-after-illness-n335556) _Read Next:_ [_How Ice Cream Gets Contaminated—And Sometimes Kills_](http://time.com/3744962/ice-cream-contaminated-kansas-blue-bell-creameries/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/"},"headline":"Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths","datePublished":"2015-04-04T12:09:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:29.186Z","description":"Three people in Kansas died after eating contaminated Blue Bell ice cream products","url":"https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/","keywords":["toxins","Ice Cream"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/toxins/","name":"toxins"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/","name":"Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Truth About Fat","description":"When you want to lose weight or get healthy, what is the first thing you would normally cut from your diet? If you said fat, you're not alone","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uYGhfNfS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-12T14:12:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uYGhfNfS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/","duration":"PT5M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```