WHY THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED
Listeria
Five patients who were treated in a single hospital in Kansas were infected with one of four rare strains of Listeria monocytogenes.
Product description & recall reason
The recall record describes “DZ Megabite”; the source reports: “Five patients who were treated in a single hospital in Kansas were infected with one of four rare strains of Listeria monocytogenes.”
Based on the official recall record; packaging and sales claims have not been verified. Verify with the official source ↗
Identify the product
- Product description
- DZ Megabite
- Brand
- Not supplied by this source
- Lot, batch, UPC & other codes
- all lot codes within expiry
- Quantity
- 100,672 units
Where it came from & where it went
- Recalling firm
- Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
- Recalling firm address
- 1101 S Blue Bell Rd; Brenham; TX; 77833-4413; United States
- Product production / origin location
- Not supplied by this source
- Distribution — source wording
- FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, OH, KY, TN, AL, MS, IN, IL, MT, AR, LA, TX, Ok, KS, NM, CO, WY, AZ, NV and Bermuda, Belize, Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Dominican Republic, Panama, Turks and Caicos, Haiti, Trinadad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Chile, Peru, China, Mexico, Philippines, Tortola, St. Thomas and St. Croix, Anguilla, St, Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, and Dominica
States identified in the source
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming
State matching is derived from the source’s distribution wording, which may be incomplete. The recalling company’s address is not used as the distribution location.
A recalling firm’s address is not necessarily where the food was grown or manufactured. Distribution can change; check the official notice.
The dates, separated
- Recall initiated
- Mar 13, 2015
- Notice published
- Not supplied
- Enforcement report
- Jul 1, 2015
- Agency classification
- Jun 19, 2015
- Source termination date
- Nov 3, 2016
- Last retrieved here
- Sep 28, 2026
FDA’s enforcement status is historical and may not reflect the current recall lifecycle. A terminated recall does not certify a product as safe.
Record provenance & interpretation
- Source identifier
- F-2702-2015
- Agency event identifier
- 70738
- Status as supplied (not live status)
- Terminated
- Category assignment
- Inferred from product text; not an agency classification.
- State matching
- Official distribution wording; locations are extracted only from distribution evidence, not company addresses. Coverage may be incomplete.
- Source dataset date
- Sep 25, 2026