Iowa cookie dough supplier for Blue Bell ice cream shuts down after listeria outbreak

[TexasTowelie]

BRENHAM, Texas - Aspen Hills of Garner, Ia., is closing its doors after federal inspectors have confirmed that listeria found in a brand of Blue Bell ice cream originated with the third-party supplier.

The Houston Chronicle reports that the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter last month to Aspen Hills detailing the company's failures in preventing contamination.

The contamination that prompted Blue Bell to issue a recall in October was traced to Aspen Hills' chocolate chip cookie dough.

Blue Bell credited its testing program with identifying the presence of listeria in the dough.

Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2017/02/02/iowa-cookie-dough-supplier-shuts-down-after-listeria-outbreak/97401586/

Cross-posted in the Texas Group.

[font color=330099]Could this be how Blue Bell's problems originated?[/font]

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1. What we need to do is get rId of those pesky regulations.

That'll fix the problem.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Whew!

I thought you were going to suggest that we get rid of Blue Bell ice cream. That's blasphemy to Texans.