BLUE BELL HONORED WITH IDFA FOOD SAFETY AWARD
Blue Bell Creameries is the recipient of a food safety award.
Blue Bell Creameries as the recipient of the
International Dairy Foods Association’s 2025 Food
Safety Leadership Award.
Brenham City Councilmembers on Thursday presented leaders at Blue Bell with a certificate of recognition for earning the 2025 Food Safety Leadership Award from the International Dairy Food Association (IDFA). The award is presented to individuals, groups or organizations who demonstrate outstanding leadership directed at enhancing food safety within the dairy products industry.
Blue Bell President Jimmy Lawhorn said the company is grateful for the acknowledgement of its efforts to make a positive difference in the industry and for consumers.
The award for Blue Bell comes 10 years after the company’s 2015 listeria outbreak and product recall. Mayor Atwood Kenjura said to go from everything that occurred 10 years ago to now receiving this award is “just unbelievable” and “absolutely fabulous.”
In a release, the IDFA said, “Over the past decade, the company has transformed itself by implementing one of the dairy industry’s most rigorous food safety protocols and quality assurance programs, going beyond regulatory and industry standards to set one of the highest bars in dairy.”
IDFA Senior Vice President for Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Roberta Wagner said the award recognizes “the company’s strong commitment to embracing a ‘culture of food safety’ across the entire business, in all employees, in all aspects of its work.”
The IDFA represents the nation’s dairy manufacturing and marketing industry, which supports more than 3.2 million jobs that generate $49 billion in direct wages and $794 billion in overall economic impact.