Alabama gives Blue Bell OK to resume sales

[TexasTowelie]

The long wait might soon be over, Blue Bell fans.

After a successful trial run at its Sylacauga, Ala., plant, Brenham-based Blue Bell Creameries can begin producing and selling ice cream, state health officials said Wednesday.

Blue Bell’s two plants in Brenham and one in Broken Arrow, Okla., remain closed.

Tests conducted on ice cream made during the trial run showed no signs of listeria, the potentially deadly bacteria that prompted the company to issue the first recall in its 108-year-old history.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/business/alabama-gives-blue-bell-ok-to-resume-sales/nnDSK/

[MADem]

1. Has the brand name been forever tainted?

Like dog food after "The Misfits?"

[hobbit709]

2. I quit eating Blue Bell when they started using HFCS instead of real sugar some years ago.