--- description: Blue Bell Creameries is expanding its recall of products after additional products tested positive for listeria. title: Blue Bell Expands Ice Cream Recall image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf42ddc739f350c4c/6987e5d7cd1bba2ea86f8618/blue-bell-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [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 Expands Ice Cream Recall  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 8, 2015 11:41 AM CUT  A Blue Bell Cotton Candy Bar. A Blue Bell Cotton Candy Bar.AP  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 8, 2015 11:41 AM CUT Blue Bell Creameries is expanding its [recall](http://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/ "undefined") of products made at its Broken Arrow, Okla. plant after additional products tested positive for bacteria known to be a leading cause of deadly food poisoning_,_ the company announced Tuesday. The recall expansion includes the company’s banana pudding ice cream and a host of other products manufactured on the same equipment. Blue Bell ice cream contaminated with listeria, a food-borne bacteria that sickens 1,600 people in the United States annually, has been linked to three deaths at a Kansas hospital this year. The sick, elderly and young are particularly vulnerable to the bacteria, according to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/listeria/index.html "undefined"). **_Read More_**_:_ [_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/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/"},"headline":"Blue Bell Expands Ice Cream Recall","datePublished":"2015-04-08T11:41:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:07:37.619Z","description":"Blue Bell ice cream contaminated with listeria has been linked to three deaths at a Kansas hospital this year","url":"https://time.com/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/","keywords":["toxins","Public Health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf42ddc739f350c4c/6987e5d7cd1bba2ea86f8618/blue-bell-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf42ddc739f350c4c/6987e5d7cd1bba2ea86f8618/blue-bell-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Blue Bell Listeriosis","caption":"A Blue Bell Cotton Candy Bar.","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/","name":"Blue Bell Expands Ice Cream Recall"}}]},{"@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/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/","duration":"PT5M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```