Food recall: BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Half Gallon, Pint, and 3 Gallon sizes.
Class I FDA enforcement event 75254. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
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.
Class I, in the words of FDA
a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death
Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. started this food recall on 20 Sep 2016. The firm address in the FDA record is in Brenham, TX. FDA put the recall in Class I. FDA event 75254 has 4 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 18 Jan 2017. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 18 Jul 2017.
It is important to note that most of the time recall classifications are determined after the recalling firm provides all of the information needed to determine the risk posed to public health. The classification and posting in the FDA Enforcement Report should not be seen as an expansion or change to a firm’s voluntary public warning.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia
Recalling firm
Blue Bell Creameries, L.P., Brenham, TX.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
4 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0873-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Half Gallon, Pint, and 3 Gallon sizes. | 4,288,629 units | Class I | Terminated | 18 Jan 2017 |
| F-0874-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Cookie Two Step, Half Gallon and Pint sizes | 1,531,902 units | Class I | Terminated | 18 Jan 2017 |
| F-0875-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Blue Monster, 3 Gallons | 8909 units | Class I | Terminated | 18 Jan 2017 |
| F-0876-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Krazy Kookie Dough, 3 Gallons | 3699 units | Class I | Terminated | 18 Jan 2017 |
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Class I: The highest of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2016
- 799
- Share of these events in Class I
- 52%
- Product records in this event
- 4Median of the firm: 1
- Events of the firm on the register
- 6
Other events of the firm
| Initiated | Product (first record) | Type | Class | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2025 | Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream cartons with a Moo-llennium Crunch lid. Packaging contains Moo-llennium crunch. Pa | Food | Class II | 1 |
| 8 Oct 2019 | Blue Bell Butter Crunch Ice Cream packaged in a 1/2 Gallon (2 Qts) paperboard cup & lid (4 units per corrugated sleeve, | Food | Class II | 1 |
| 21 Jun 2018 | Blue Bell Ice Cream, Brand Homemade Vanilla Flavored, 3 FL OZ (88 mL), Cups, 24 per box, This Unit Not Labeled For Retai | Food | Class III | 1 |
| 3 May 2016 | BLUE BELL ICE CREAM Rocky Road pint | Food | Class II | 1 |
| 13 Mar 2015 | BLUE BELL COUNTRY COOKIE VANILLA ICE CREAM & CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE SANDWICH 5.75 FL OZ (170 mL) | Food | Class I | 286 |
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-0873-2017The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Cite this page
Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 75254. https://recallregister.com/fda/i/75254/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- openFDA food enforcement reports
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- Export date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Newest FDA report date on the register
- 23 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Where was the product distributed?
- The FDA record gives this distribution:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 75254?
- The event has 4 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
4,288,629 units
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2016 have the same class?
- 52% of the 799 food events that started in 2016 are in Class I.