environments, and both schultz and bland told us water was everywhere. >> on the wall by the three- gallon machine. if it would rain real hard and water sat on the roof, it would just trickle down that wall. >> reporter: rainwater? >> yeah. >> reporter: from the roof? >> yeah. >> reporter: would get into the factory? >> yeah. it had a couple times where it actually flooded area two to where they had to cut the machines off because it was too much water over there. >> reporter: what bland and schultz told us they saw is consistent with f.d.a. findings. when the f.d.a. inspected blue bell's main plant here in brenham, texas, in march, they found a number of violations detailed in this report, including condensation dripping into the ice cream, dirty equipment and paint chipping from the ceiling directly above an ice cream mixer. in the years leading up to the outbreak, the state inspected the brenham factory about every