SAN ANTONIO –Blue Bell Ice Cream has voluntarily recalled some of its products while it continues to work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. H-E-B has decided to withdraw all existing Blue Bell products on its shelves as a precautionary measure due to food safety concerns. Working with Blue Bell, we will replenish our shelves with new product as soon as feasible.

Customers with concerns may return the product to H-E-B stores for a full refund. Customers with questions can contact H-E-B Customer Relations at 1-855-432-4438 between the hours of 8AM and 5PM Monday through Friday.

The affected products include the following items made on the line:Chocolate Chip Country Cookie, Sour Pop Green Apple Bar, Great Divide Bar,Cotton Candy Bar, Vanilla Stick Slices,Scoops, Almond Bar,and No Sugar Added Mooo Bar (regular Mooo Bars are not included).

Customers should not consume these items and should throw away any of these products they may have in their homes.

Three ice cream products from the Brenham production line – Country Cookie, Great Divide and Scoops’ recent laboratory tests indicated the presence of a bacterium that can cause severe illness called Listeria monocytogenes. The company is calling back additional ice cream products that were made on the same production line.

Listeriosis’ symptoms include fever, muscle aches, diarrhea and vomiting. People experiencing these symptoms should directly consult a doctor. Symptoms usually occur 3 to 70 days after exposure. Older people, pregnant women, newborns and people with weakened immune systems most likely to be affected with this disease.

Listeriosis should be reported in Texas. No Texas cases have been reported in connection to any Blue Bell products. In the year 2014, Texas had 19 confirmed incidents of Listeriosis. The state has had two reported cases so far this year.