Blue Bell Creameries recall includes ice cream sold in Missouri

Blue Bell Creameries is recalling all of its ice cream products that contain cookie dough from an Iowa-based supplier, including some sold in Missouri. The move announced Monday night comes after Aspen Hills recalled cookie dough supplied to ice cream makers after finding potential listeria bacteria contamination. The Blue Bell recall involves half-gallons and pints of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Blue Bell Cookie Two Step sold to retailers and three-gallon packages of Blue Bell Blue Monster, Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie and Blue Bell Krazy Kookie Dough sold to food-service clients. They were produced between Feb. 2 and Sept. 7 and distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Listeria can cause serious, sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and those with weakened immune systems. According to a notice posted on Blue Bell’s website, no illnesses have been reported so far. The notice advises consumers to not eat the products and says they can return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.