US health officials announced a recall of some Boar’s Head liverwurst and other deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people and caused two deaths.
Boar’s Head recalled its liverwurst because it may be tainted with the listeria bacteria, the US Agriculture Department said. The company is also recalling additional deli meats that were produced on the same line and on the same day as the liverwurst.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/recall-boars-head-deli-meats-listeria-outbreak-probe_n_66a3b7c5e4b07ba408b4f815
Massive deli meat recall linked to more listeria illnesses, deaths
Millions of pounds of meat have been recalled, dozens have been hospitalized and now three people are dead in a dangerous listeria outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that three deaths – one in Illinois, one in New Jersey and one in Virginia – are linked to the listeria outbreak.
Death toll is now 9 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meat, CDC says
The new food poisoning toll includes two deaths in South Carolina plus one each in Florida, New Mexico, Tennessee and New York, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Three deaths were previously confirmed in people who lived in Illinois, New Jersey and Virginia.
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https://apnews.com/article/listeria-boars-head-recall-d57985525441b6c5dffd310769b0e6c5
Boar’s Head closing plant linked to listeria cases
Boar’s Head announced Friday that it would be closing its Jarratt, Va. production plant linked to this summer’s deadly listeria outbreak.
In a release on its website, the company said it has been investigating alongside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after at least nine people died and more than 60 were sickened by a listeria outbreak stemming from liverwurst product at the plant.
https://thehill.com/business/4878934-boars-head-closes-virginia-plant/
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You have to wonder how they figured out it was the Boar's Head. I've never seen a deli that sanitized the meat slicer between different products. Everything was probably going out the door with listeria, and there's no test for it unless people get sick enough for it to be in their blood/spinal fluid.
@AlphaCentauri It appears they tested unopened, wrapped packages of Boar's Head and concluded that the listeria was due to their products.
@nursefrombirth Oh no! I get Boar's Head meats sliced at the deli counter all of the time.
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And here I always thought Boars head was the best of the best...yikes
It is NOT (yet) confirmed that Eric trumP and the family Organization is buying the plant.
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Boar’s Head expands recall to include 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak
It follows an earlier recall of more than 200,000 pounds of sliced deli poultry and meat. The new items include meat intended to be sliced at delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold in stores.
They include liverwurst, ham, beef salami, bologna and other products made at the firm’s Jarratt, Virginia, plant.
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https://apnews.com/article/boars-head-listeria-deli-meat-ebff78f4d6e5dad8483a6063623cd9a1