Blue Bell Ice Cream Blue Monster Recall: Listeria Risk in Cookie Dough
Blue Bell recalls 3-gallon Blue Monster ice cream with cookie dough from Aspen Hills due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should avoid these products.
Use caution until it’s fixed
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.
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What happened, in plain English
Blue Bell Creameries is recalling 3-gallon Blue Monster ice cream products that contain cookie dough from Aspen Hills, Inc. This recall is due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can cause serious illness. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/23152-blue-bell-ice-cream-blue-monster-recall-listeria-risk-in.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/23152-blue-bell-ice-cream-blue-monster-recall-listeria-risk-in · Updated October 9, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-0875-2017
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“Blue Bell Ice Cream Blue Monster Recall: Listeria Risk in Cookie Dough.” GovInfoNow, updated October 9, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/23152-blue-bell-ice-cream-blue-monster-recall-listeria-risk-in. Based on FDA recall #F-0875-2017 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0875-2017%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can cause serious infections, especially in vulnerable populations like pregnant women, newborns, and those with weakened immune systems. The ice cream products contain cookie dough that may have been contaminated with this bacteria during production.
Who’s affected
Anyone who owns or has purchased Blue Monster ice cream products containing cookie dough from Aspen Hills, Inc. Infants, pregnant women, and immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk for serious illness.
How to tell if you have this one
Check for Blue Monster ice cream in 3-gallon containers with the product code listed on the label. The affected products include those containing cookie dough from Aspen Hills, Inc.
- Brand
Blue Bell- Category
Food
All 4 products in this recall
FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.
- Classification
Class I- Status
Terminated- Distribution
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia
| Recall number | Product, codes & lots | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| F-0873-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Half Gallon, Pint, and 3 Gallon sizes.; all codes | 4,288,629 units |
| F-0874-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Cookie Two Step, Half Gallon and Pint sizes; all codes | 1,531,902 units |
| F-0875-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Blue Monster, 3 Gallons; all codes | 8909 units |
| F-0876-2017 | BLUE BELL(R) ICE CREAM Krazy Kookie Dough, 3 Gallons; all codes | 3699 units |
What to do — step by step
Stop Using It Now
Discard any Blue Monster ice cream products that contain cookie dough from Aspen Hills, Inc.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in 10 states.
FDA distribution: “Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 10 months after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- FDA classified it Class I
- Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
- FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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- Official source: FDA Recall #F-0875-2017 (September 20, 2016) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0875-2017 to see it in context.
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on October 9, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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