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Blue Bell’s Defense Under Fire | Texas News
A Delaware judge is slamming Blue Bell’s defense in a high-stakes shareholder lawsuit tied to the 2015 listeria outbreak that killed three and cost the company $17 million in fines. The company claims elevated coliform bacteria — a sanitation red flag — didn’t signal listeria, but the judge finds it hard to believe given Blue Bell started testing for pathogens after the U.S. Army raised alarms. Compounding the issue, a former quality control manager testified contamination was detected as early as 2011 — and the CEO halted testing. With potential damages ballooning to $346 million and…
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