Blue Bell

By TatianaNguyen12

  • Brenham Creameries Company Opens

    Brenham Creameries Company Opens

  • Brenham Creameries becomes Blue Bell

  • 1st unlinked Listeria Case

    Blue Bell products that contained Listeria occured ,but will not be "found" till 2015.

  • Listeria outbreak in Wichita

    There is an outbreak of Listeria in Wichita and will later be linked to Blue Bell.

  • 1st official outbreak

    This is the first official occurrence of a listeria outbreak that is linked and recognized by Blue Bell. Blue Bell however takes no action at the time.

  • South Carolina Inspector finds Listeria

    A South Carolina state inspector found listeria in two products in produced in the Brenham plant.

  • Blue Bell Executives are informed about findings

    Blue Bell executives are informed about the listeria findings and three days later pulls ten products from the line. The make no public announcement at this time.

  • Blue Bell learns that its linked to 10 deaths

    Blue Bell learns that that their products are linked to 10 deaths that occured in Whicita.

  • Brenham plant shut down

  • Blue Bell announces voluntary recall

    At this time Blue Bell announces a voluntary recall instead of a mandatory recall. This decision is very debatable and controversial among health officials.

  • Listeria found in mini cups

    The FDA found lesteria in mini ice cream cups.

  • Chocolate Cup Ice Cream contaminated

    5 listeria cases are now linked to the mini chocolate ice cream cups produced in the Oaklahoma olant. Blue Bell adds this product the the voluntary recal list.

  • CDC recomendation

    CDC recommends consumers to not eat any products that was produced from the Oaklahoma plant.

  • FDA findings

    The FDA informs Blue Bell that they found listeria in five more products produced in the Oaklahoma plant.

  • Blue Bell adds more products to their recall list

  • Oaklahoma Shuts down Oaklahoma Plant

  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is added

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough icecream that is produced in the Brenham plant is added to the list.

  • All products recalled

    Blue Bell recalls all products that are still on the shelves.

  • New Employee Protocols

    Blue Bell instills new food safety protocols for employees.

  • Layoffs

    Massive Layoffs occur throught the company. The layoffs included 3,900 employeesand 1,400 more were put on partly paid furlough.

  • Consumer Sues Blue Bell

    David Philip Shockley sued Blue Bell on the grounds of negligence after having permanent brain damage after consuming Blue Bell in 2013.

  • Major Investment Saves Blue Bell

    Fort Worth native invest and becomes a partner of Blue Bell after investing $1.7 Billion. Without the investment Blue Bell would have probably not have comeback.

  • Alabama Plant reopns and Blue Bell returns to shelves

    Alabama plant reopens and ice cream returns to shelves in limited locations. The Oklahoma and Brenham flagship plant remained closed.

  • Blue Bell plans to redistribute ice cream in 5 phases

    Phase 1: Houston, Austin, and Brenham Phase Two: North central Texas and southern Oklahoma
    Phase Three: Southwest Texas and central Oklahoma
    Phase Four: The majority of Texas and southern Louisiana.
    Phase Five: Complete the states of Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas and begin distribution in Arkansas, Florida, northern Louisiana and Mississippi. limited location in Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

  • Oaklahoma Plant Reopens

  • Brenham Plant Reopens

    The largest and flagship plant reopns and 70 furloughed employees are called to return to work .