--- description: All of the company's products were recalled in March. title: Alabama Approves Blue Bell's Bid to Resume Production image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78695aff48573a0a/69885a562dce0135b79e4909/blue-bell-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Food & Drink](/tag/food-drink/) ## Food & Drink Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Alabama Approves Blue Bell's Bid to Resume Production by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 2:02 PM CUT  OVERLAND PARK, KS - APRIL 21: A Blue Bell Ice Cream truck is seen outside a Wal-Mart store after Blue Bell Creameries recalls all products following a Listeria contamination on April 21, 2015 in Overland Park, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) OVERLAND PARK, KS - APRIL 21: A Blue Bell Ice Cream truck is seen outside a Wal-Mart store after Blue Bell Creameries recalls all products following a Listeria contamination on April 21, 2015 in Overland Park, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)Jamie Squire—Getty Images by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 2:02 PM CUT Less than a month after the maligned Blue Bell ice cream manufacturer resumed testing at its Alabama facility, the state’s Department of Public Health [announced](http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/08/blue%5Fbell%5Fgets%5Fapproval%5Fto%5Fres.html "undefined") Wednesday that it would allow the Texas-based company to officially begin the production and sale of its products. Blue Bell has had to deal with a wealth of scandal this [year](http://time.com/3951974/blue-bell-ice-cream-listeria-contamination/ "undefined"): --- > “” --- The company’s distribution plans still seems to be up in the air, but Alabama’s approval could indicate other states aren’t far behind. \[[AP](http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/08/blue%5Fbell%5Fgets%5Fapproval%5Fto%5Fres.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3987188/blue-bell-alabama-approves-production/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3987188/blue-bell-alabama-approves-production/"},"headline":"Alabama Approves Blue Bell's Bid to Resume Production","datePublished":"2015-08-06T14:02:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:57:35.758Z","description":"All of the company's products were recalled in March","url":"https://time.com/3987188/blue-bell-alabama-approves-production/","keywords":["Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78695aff48573a0a/69885a562dce0135b79e4909/blue-bell-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78695aff48573a0a/69885a562dce0135b79e4909/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 Creameries Recalls All Products After Listeria Contamination","caption":"Blue Bell Creameries Recalls All Products After Listeria Contamination","creditText":"Jamie Squire—Getty Images","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/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/food-drink/","name":"Food & Drink"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3987188/blue-bell-alabama-approves-production/","name":"Alabama Approves Blue Bell's Bid to Resume Production"}}]}] ```