#NEW BLUE BELL ICE CREAM 2021 TRIAL#

The toilets were clean with hot water at the sinks, and although there was no suitable running water for teeth brushing, the team gave us bottled water at each of our tents. Once the farm had closed, you also had a side gate unlocked to be able to access the farm park, however during the daytime this was locked, so you would access via the main entrance through the car park. There must have only been around 12 tents on the weekend we were visiting and it was beautifully quiet, with views across the countryside. Each pitch was very spacious and friendship groups were camping together. There was a portacabin for male and female toilets in the campsite, and space for around 30 tents. Such a beautiful sunset from our tent at Bluebell Dairy We were able to check in from 1pm on the day of arrival and were greeted by the very lovely Angela, who gave us our welcome pack, with wristbands an our vouchers, as well as our pitch number. Camping weekend at Bluebell DairyĪs well as your pitch, you also get your dinner, breakfast, ice cream, and evening entertainment, as well as extended access to the farm play areas once the day visitors had left.īluebell Dairy is a family-run dairy farm, just a few miles from Derby city centre, surrounded by stunning countryside, offering over 26 variations of delicious ice cream, milk and a whole beautiful farm park for all the family to enjoy.

What are the Ice Cream Getaways?īluebell Dairy have launched one- or two-night camping weekends throughout the summer, called the Ice Cream Getaways, offering you a camping pitch in a field on the Bluebell Dairy farm as well as access to the farm itself for your stay. Nardozzi.We have always enjoyed our visits to Bluebell Dairy in Derbyshire, so as soon as we found out they were running family camping weekends through the summer 2021, we jumped at the chance. Schmidt, Matthew Joseph Lash, Patrick Hearn, and Tara M. The Department of Justice’s team of Kathryn A. Overhuls brings extensive experience as a state prosecutor in the Houston area.

#NEW BLUE BELL ICE CREAM 2021 TRIAL#

The prosecution and the defense brought in additional talent just before the jury trial began.įlood of Houston and John D. It means the first week of the trial is likely over until Monday. Jury trials in Pittman’s court begin at 8:30 a.m. Defense attorney Chris Flood said that translated into a 99.99 percent efficiency rate.īecause of a break in the prosecution’s witness schedule, Judge Robert Pitman told the jury he hoped to adjourn the trial until Monday, giving them Friday off.

He said that 2.3 million ice cream products were retrieved by the drivers, with about 300 known to be missing. “Ricky” Dickson, remained on the witness stand for a second day Thursday. The current Blue Bell president and CEO, Richard S. Blue Bell recalled all its products on April 20 simultaneously, it closed all its production facilities.īefore its actions, DSHS did not issue any health warning or statement of its own, Hollingwood said.ĭuring the time between Feb.13 and March 13, Blue Bell seems to have sold regulators on Kruse’s plan to have the single serve ice cream products withdrawn from the market by having the company’s roughly 1,500 driver-salesmen pick them up. The March 23 recall noticed, updated on March 26, was for 3-ounce cups with chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla ice cream produced at its Broken Arrow, OK, production facility. The March 13 recall notice involved the two ice cream products discovered by South Carolina. Hollingwood acknowledged that DSHS was drawn into the investigation, and that Blue Bell’s outbreak press releases did not go out until March 13, March 23 and finally April 20. “We felt there was a product out there that could still be in commerce,” he said. 13 notice from South Carolina, Hollingwood said: “Texas asked Blue Bell for a voluntary recall.”

Harris Hollingwood, DSHS’s dairy manager for west Texas, was over the east in 2015 when Blue Bell confronted a deadly listeriosis outbreak that killed three and sickened at least 10. In charge of conspiracy and five fraud counts, Justice Department attorneys are trying to use Kruse’s hesitancy to issue a press release about the Listeria contamination to make their case. AUSTIN - When the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) first learned South Carolina found Listeria in two Blue Bell ice cream products, it suggested the company prepare a recall notice.īut in testimony on the fourth day of the jury trial for former Blue Bell president Paul Kruse, a DSHS official over dairy for half of Texas said the department went along with a more prolonged inquiry by Blue Bell, and it was shortly joined by the U.S.

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