E Pine-headquartered Molly Moon’s ice cream shops remained shuttered Friday after closing just before Christmas in response to the discovery of listeria at the plant that supplies the local chain’s milk and cream base.

UPDATE 11:30 AM: Molly Moon’s has announced its shops are re-opened for the New Year:

happy new year!!! we’re so excited to reopen all our shops today, and hope you’ll come visit us for the first weekend of 2015! our current seasonal flavors are eggnog ice cream, chocolate orange ice cream, clementine sorbet, and of course, vegan salted caramel ice cream! and my favorite seasonal ice cream is coming out january 12th: meyer lemon ice cream! see you soon! ♥

molly moon p.s. thank you so much for all of your support these last few days! we’ve gotten a lot of love from our customers and community and it means the world to me.

Original report: The Seattle Times reports that Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream first failed a health inspection in October before it was shut down Christmas week after two cases of listeria poisoning were linked to its Snohomish plant. Snoqualmie supplies “ice cream products, sorbet and gelato” to Whole Foods and Fred Meyer as well as smaller businesses like the Space Needle and Molly Moon’s.

After listeria-related illnesses were confirmed in two King County men prompted another state inspection in December, Snoqualmie officials decided to recall all of the company’s 2014 products.

Christmas week, company owner Molly Moon Neitzel told CHS she didn’t expect the situation would end her company’s relationship with Snoqualmie Gourmet. The Molly Moon ice cream stores will remain closed “until all our kitchens can be tested,” a brief statement posted by the company reads.

One Seattle ice cream business owner is using the moment to draw attention to the use of bases from “large manufacturing plants” — here’s a statement emailed to CHS by Ballard-headquartered Parfait:

Chef Adria Shimada of Parfait reiterated her dedication to producing ice cream the old fashioned way — that is by making her custard bases from scratch and not purchasing them from large manufacturing plants. Her steadfast adherence to these artisanal practices at her Ballard workshop are particularly poignant given last week’s Listeria food poisoning outbreaks and product recall announcement from Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream and other ice cream retailers that purchase their bases.

The Parfait truck is a regular component of 15th Ave E summers with its ongoing pop-up appearances.

Listeria bacteria can cause serious infections in people with compromised immune systems including young children, pregnant women, and the elderly. The CDC estimates that approximately 1,600 illnesses and 260 deaths due to listeriosis occur annually in the United States but says that the incidence has dropped by more than 40% since the late ’90s.

Born in Wallingford, Molly Moon’s opened its E Pine flagship in spring of 2009.