4 Things You Should Know About Product Recalls

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In May Blue Bell Creameries announced that it would furlough approximately 1,400 workers and lay off a similar number as it grapples with a sweeping recall of all of its products at all of its facilities. Ice cream made by the Brenham,Texas-based food manufacturer has been linked to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has sickened 10 people to date and resulted in three deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Blue Bell CEO and President Paul Kruse said the "agonizing decision" to reduce the company's workforce was necessary in light of an uncertain timeline for when Blue Bell begins producing ice cream again at its four production facilities. Those 1,450 layoffs represent approximately 37% of Blue Bell's total workforce, the company said. In the automotive industry, recalls have become a routine topic of conversation of late. Nearly every OEM was either subject to or impacted by a major recall in 2014, with the effects still being felt in 2015.