Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. Recall: All ice cream products, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Cookie Two Step ice Cream, Krazy Kookie Dough, and Blue Monster, containing cookie dough supplied by Aspen Hills, Inc., due to the potential for them to contain Listeria monocytogenes.

🇺🇸 United States

1. September 20, 2016 - Recall initiated
2. January 18, 2017 - Reported by source
3. July 18, 2017 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0873-2017

Event ID

75254

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.

Product description

BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Half Gallon, Pint, and 3 Gallon sizes.

Quantity

4,288,629 units

Reason

All ice cream products, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Cookie Two Step ice Cream, Krazy Kookie Dough, and Blue Monster, containing cookie dough supplied by Aspen Hills, Inc., due to the potential for them to contain Listeria monocytogenes.

Recall initiation date

September 20, 2016

Report date

January 18, 2017

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

July 18, 2017

Distribution pattern

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia

UPC, lot, and code information

all codes

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 75254 with 3 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.

Other recalls from Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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