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Texas ice cream maker recalls all products over Listeria

By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries announced on Monday a voluntary recall of all its ice cream and frozen treat products from store shelves due to continuing problems with the Listeria bacteria. The move is the most recent in a string of recall announcements by the 108-year-old company, based in Brenham, after health officials said last month three people made ill by Listeria between January 2014

Texas ice cream maker recalls all products over Listeria

By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries announced on Monday a voluntary recall of all its ice cream and frozen treat products from store shelves due to continuing problems with the Listeria bacteria. The move is the most recent in a string of recall announcements by the 108-year-old company, based in Brenham, after health officials said last month three people made ill by Listeria between January 2014

Hormel Foods shares fall amid bird flu worries

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hormel Foods Corp shares fell more than 3 percent Tuesday morning after the Minnesota-based company announced that the impact of a virulent strain of avian influenza may drag its fiscal 2015 earnings toward the lower end of guidance. The virus has been identified at a facility west of Minneapolis that is owned by a subsidiary of Hormel. Worries about the spread of the highly contagious virus also

Hormel Foods shares fall amid bird flu worries

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hormel Foods Corp shares fell more than 3 percent Tuesday morning after the Minnesota-based company announced that the impact of a virulent strain of avian influenza may drag its fiscal 2015 earnings toward the lower end of guidance. The virus has been identified at a facility west of Minneapolis that is owned by a subsidiary of Hormel. Worries about the spread of the highly contagious virus also