Texas ice cream maker recalls all products over Listeria

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