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Blue Bell Ice Cream is recalling three flavors of its 3 oz. institutional/food service ice cream cups because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

The cups recalled are chocolate, strawberry and vanilla flavors with tab lids. They are not sold through retail outlets such as convenience stores or supermarkets.

No retail products are involved in the recall and no illnesses have been reported to date.

Listeria infection may cause healthy individuals to suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but it can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

On Sunday, the Kansas Department of Health & Environment reported one positive test for Listeria monocytogenes on a chocolate institutional/food service cup recovered from a Wichita hospital.

This cup was produced in the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma plant on April 15, 2014.

The ice cream cups listed below were distributed in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming via food service accounts.

Ice Cream Cup Chocolate (3 FL OZ) No UPC – SKU #453 Ice Cream Cup Strawberry (3 FL OZ) No UPC – SKU #452 Ice Cream Cup Vanilla (3 FL OZ) No UPC – SKU #451

Consumers who have purchased these items are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

For more information consumers with questions may call 979-836-7977, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CST.

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