--- title: Blue Bell Ice Cream Recall: Product Recall Grows description: Blue Bell Creameries is expanding its recall of products after additional products tested positive for listeria. canonical: https://time.com/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-08T11:41:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:16.837Z article:section: Health og:title: Blue Bell Expands Ice Cream Recall og:description: Blue Bell ice cream contaminated with listeria has been linked to three deaths og:url: https://time.com/3804910/blue-bell-recall-expands/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf42ddc739f350c4c/6987e5d7cd1bba2ea86f8618/blue-bell-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1468 og:image:height: 826 og:image:alt: Blue Bell Listeriosis og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Blue Bell Expands Ice Cream Recall twitter:description: Blue Bell ice cream contaminated with listeria has been linked to three deaths twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf42ddc739f350c4c/6987e5d7cd1bba2ea86f8618/blue-bell-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Blue Bell Expands Ice Cream Recall > Sponsored content. 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If you said fat, you're not alone_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 8, 2015 11:41 AM UTC  A Blue Bell Cotton Candy Bar. A Blue Bell Cotton Candy Bar. AP  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 8, 2015 11:41 AM UTC Blue Bell Creameries is expanding its [recall](http://time.com/3771403/blue-bell-ice-cream-factory-shut-down/) 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. 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