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That sucks. Why not just take care of it? This sucks for them...

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That sucks. Why not just take care of it? This sucks for them...

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$ or incompetence.

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I'll still eat their ice cream if they ever rebound and come back into stores, but from a purely business-minded aspect, I can see why it may be smart to start looking at options on cutting ties.

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The FDA released its investigations into Blue Bell's plants in Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama after a Freedom of Information request by The Associated Press. The most extensive violations were found in Oklahoma, where the FDA released 16 separate positive tests for listeria on equipment and in ice cream from March 2013 through January 2015.

Violations in the Oklahoma plant include dirty equipment, inadequate food storage, food being held at improper temperatures and employees not washing hands adequately.

There were also violations at the Texas and Alabama plants. In Alabama, FDA investigators observed at least two employees working with the food wearing soiled clothing. In Texas, investigators saw condensation dripping directly into food and onto surfaces that came directly in contact with food. In all of the plants, the FDA found dirty equipment and infrastructure that made cleaning difficult.

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Blue Bell gives a lot more to the University than just what they gave for the Baseball Field.

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Circle the wagons and protect em.

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Let me get this straight: you want to circle the wagons to protect a brand that knew it had and was distributing listeria from its own factories for two years and only took action when deaths were traced to their factories?

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Yep. Everything you consumed and everything you purchase has the risk to kill you. BB has provided hundreds of millions of customers with satisfaction over decades, versus other businesses they are incredibly safe.

Statistical outliers shouldn't kill a business. If they did, the cars companies, Boeing, and railways should have been shutdown years ago.

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http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/ice-cream-03-15/

Oh...meant to attach this:

"At a Glance:

• Case Count: 10
• States: 4
• Deaths: 3
• Hospitalizations: 10
• Recall: Yes"

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USAToday article sourcing the AP making the FOIA requests

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The FDA released its investigations into Blue Bell's plants in Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama after a Freedom of Information request by The Associated Press. The most extensive violations were found in Oklahoma, where the FDA released 16 separate positive tests for listeria on equipment and in ice cream from March 2013 through January 2015.

Violations in the Oklahoma plant include dirty equipment, inadequate food storage, food being held at improper temperatures and employees not washing hands adequately.

There were also violations at the Texas and Alabama plants. In Alabama, FDA investigators observed at least two employees working with the food wearing soiled clothing. In Texas, investigators saw condensation dripping directly into food and onto surfaces that came directly in contact with food. In all of the plants, the FDA found dirty equipment and infrastructure that made cleaning difficult.

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"Several swab tests did show the presence of listeria on non-food surfaces in Blue Bell's Broken Arrow plant in 2013," the company said in
an email. "As is standard procedure for any such positive results, the
company would immediately clean the surfaces and swab until the tests
were negative."

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