Three Dead After Kansas Ice Cream Poisoning

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Three Dead After Kansas Ice Cream Poisoning

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Health officials have traced back an outbreak of listeria in Kansas to ice cream patients were served in hospital.

An outbreak of listeria in Kansas last year has been traced by health officials back to ice cream served at a hospital in the state, and have put together a list of ice cream products to be avoided by consumers.

Five patients became ill with listeriosis between January 2014 and January 2015 after being hospitalized for unrelated conditions at the same hospital, three of whom died from the infection, which primarily affects older adults, pregnant women, newborns and adults with weakened immune systems.

According to a statement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday, the patients fell ill after consuming milkshakes made with a single-serving of a product made by the Blue Bell ice cream brand, called “Scoops.”

The manufacturer, Blue Bell Creameries, has withdrawn a number of products from sale which were manufactured using one of its machines on the production line at its factory in Brenham, Texas. “For the first time in 108 years, Blue Bell announces a product recall,” said the company in a statement….more
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