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Feds slap Texas ice cream brand Blue Bell with $17.25M penalty for distributing contaminated product

A federal court has ordered Texas’ Blue Bell Creameries to pay $17.25 million in fines for sending out contaminated ice cream, the largest-ever criminal penalty in a food safety case, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The Justice Department announced the fine Thursday, saying it stems from Blue Bell’s inadequate response to a 2015 listeria […]

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