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Blue Bell Creameries to pay nearly $20 million in fines for listeria outbreak

05/06/20 6:03 AM By Spencer Chase
KEYWORDS Blue Bell Blue Bell Creameries Department of Justice DOJ food safety ice cream Listeria
A Texas-based ice cream manufacturer will plead guilty to charges of distributing contaminated ice cream products and pay $19.35 million in fine, forfeiture, and civil settlement payments, which the Justice Department said is the second-highest amount ever paid to resolve a food safety matter.
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Spencer Chase
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