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Blue Bell pleads in ice cream listeria case; ex-CEO charged

| May 4, 2020 12:03 AM

AUSTIN (AP) — A Texas ice cream company has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated goods and its former CEO has been charged with conspiracy and attempted wire fraud in connection to a 2015 listeria outbreak that left three people dead, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

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