--- description: Three people in Kansas died after eating contaminated Blue Bell ice cream products title: Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [toxins](/tag/toxins/) ## toxins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Blue Bell Shuts Down Ice Cream Factory After Deaths by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 12:09 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 12:09 PM CUT 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 "undefined") _Read Next:_ [_How Ice Cream Gets Contaminated—And Sometimes Kills_](http://time.com/3744962/ice-cream-contaminated-kansas-blue-bell-creameries/ "undefined") ```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":"2026-02-22T05:42:08.514Z","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"}}] ```