Blue Bell Creameries

Plea agreement brings closure to Blue Bell’s last case involving the 2015 listeriosis outbreak

For 890 days while the government prosecuted retired Blue Bell executive Paul Kruse, that European river cruise or summer in Tuscany wasn’t an option. This week, his U.S.

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Mar 2023

Plea agreement brings closure to Blue Bell’s last case involving the 2015 listeriosis outbreak

Plea deal frees retired Blue Bell president from jail time or another jury trial

In a plea deal, government attorneys agreed to drop felony fraud charges against the retired former chief executive of Blue Bell Creameries LP over a 2015 listeria outbreak that led

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Mar 2023

Plea deal frees retired Blue Bell president from jail time or another jury trial

Austin judge issues Final Docket Call for second criminal trial of retired Blue Bell exec

The Final Docket Call for the second criminal trial of Paul Kruse, the retired Blue Bell Creameries president, is set for March 31 in Austin’s Western District Court. Federal

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Feb 2023

Austin judge issues Final Docket Call for second criminal trial of retired Blue Bell exec

Scientists blame listeria’s low priority for regulatory support as the likely true cause for a low-burn listeria outbreak

Government prosecutors wrapped conspiracy and fraud around the head of the former president of Blue Bell ice cream, but a hung jury did not buy it. That Texas jury was

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Aug 2022

Scientists blame listeria’s low priority for regulatory support as the likely true cause for a low-burn listeria outbreak

Blue Bell’s insurance carriers do not have to pay for the 2015 Listeria outbreak damages

Federal Judge Robert Pitman, who presided over the 15-day mistrial of Blue Bell’s former president, has ruled in another case involving the Brenham, TX-based creamery. From his Western District

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Aug 2022

Blue Bell’s insurance carriers do not have to pay for the 2015 Listeria outbreak damages

Is Kruse the ‘Bright Line’ case for the food safety community or not?

— COMMENTARY — The jury is hung. The judge declared a mistrial. The prosecution can try again, but it isn’t required. We could leave it there. As one famous Texan said,

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Aug 2022

Is Kruse the ‘Bright Line’ case for the food safety community or not?

In Austin, Texas, the trial of the retired Blue Bell president adjourns for the weekend

The United States v Paul Kruse trial in Austin, TX, has adjourned for the weekend. It will continue at 8:30 a.m. Monday, when presumably the jury will resume

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Aug 2022

In Austin, Texas, the trial of the retired Blue Bell president adjourns for the weekend

DOJ drops one charge against retired Blue Bell president as trial begins

AUSTIN–At the request of the Department of Justice team trying the case, the trial judge dismissed one of the seven counts of the indictment against a former president of

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Aug 2022

DOJ drops one charge against retired Blue Bell president as trial begins

Pre-trial arguments underway for Aug. 1 trial of retired Blue Bell president

With three weeks until jury selection, the first sealed document with several exhibits was docketed in the United States v. Paul Krause. Its contents remain a mystery. And ahead of

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Jul 2022

Pre-trial arguments underway for Aug. 1 trial of retired Blue Bell president

When is sanitary history too ripe for the jury?

Does a company’s sanitary record figure into its possible criminal conduct when involved in an outbreak of foodborne illness? That question is being disputed during the pre-trial stage of

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Jul 2022

When is sanitary history too ripe for the jury?

Final docket hearing called for July 22, just ahead of jury trial of former Blue Bell president

Pau Kruse, the retired 67-year-old former president of Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham, TX, is ordered to appear in federal court in Austin on July 22. Federal Judge Robert Pitman

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Jul 2022

Final docket hearing called for July 22, just ahead of jury trial of former Blue Bell president

Defense wants a thin-downed indictment before trial of retired Blue Bell president

The defense attorneys for retired Blue Blell president Paul Kruse want more struck from the criminal indictment going to an August 1 jury trial in Austin, TX. Chris Flood of

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Jun 2022

Defense wants a thin-downed indictment before trial of retired Blue Bell president

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Plea agreement brings closure to Blue Bell’s last case involving the 2015 listeriosis outbreak

Plea deal frees retired Blue Bell president from jail time or another jury trial

Austin judge issues Final Docket Call for second criminal trial of retired Blue Bell exec

Scientists blame listeria’s low priority for regulatory support as the likely true cause for a low-burn listeria outbreak

Blue Bell’s insurance carriers do not have to pay for the 2015 Listeria outbreak damages

Is Kruse the ‘Bright Line’ case for the food safety community or not?

In Austin, Texas, the trial of the retired Blue Bell president adjourns for the weekend

DOJ drops one charge against retired Blue Bell president as trial begins

Pre-trial arguments underway for Aug. 1 trial of retired Blue Bell president

When is sanitary history too ripe for the jury?

Final docket hearing called for July 22, just ahead of jury trial of former Blue Bell president

Defense wants a thin-downed indictment before trial of retired Blue Bell president