Using the CDC’s estimate of the incubation period (from ingestion to onset of symptoms) from 3 to 70 days, Listeria-tainted deli meat could have been produced by Boar’s Head as early as mid-March 2024 (first illness reported May 29th) with possible illnesses occurring at least 70 post-recall (July 30th), or approximately
Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak Fast Facts
Public Health Warning: Products sold at the deli, especially those sliced or prepared at the deli, can be contaminated with Listeria. Listeria spreads easily among deli equipment, surfaces, hands, and food. Refrigeration does not kill Listeria, but reheating to a high enough temperature before eating will kill any germs that may be on
Following Listeria Illnesses and Deaths, Marler calls for Congressional Investigation on FSIS inspections and Boar’s Head
As I said yesterday, years of inspection reports leave little doubt that the Boar’s Head plant’s HACCP must have been either non-existent or used for toilet paper. It is hard to wrap your head around how food could be produced in these conditions by this company and under the un watchful gaze of FSIS inspectors.
Will Boar’s Head and its Employees face Criminal Sanctions for Listeria Outbreak, Illnesses and Deaths?
The Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), which was enacted in 1906, includes provisions for criminal sanctions against individuals and entities that violate its regulations. The FMIA aims to ensure that meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions and are humane and safe for consumption.
Here are the Inspection Reports in PDF.
The FMIA
The FSIS Inspection Reports are Damning to both Boar’s Head and FSIS – There is little surprise why 57 were hospitalized with 9 dead from Listeria
Years of inspection reports leave little doubt that this plant’s HACCP must have been either non-existent or used for toilet paper. It is hard to wrap your head around how food could be produced in these conditions by this company and under the un watchful gaze of FSIS inspectors. Upton Sinclair must be spinning in
57 now with Listeria with 8 dead linked to Boars Head meat
Of 57 people with information available, all 57 have been hospitalized
Eight deaths have been reported, including one in Illinois, one in New Jersey, one in Virginia, and as of this update one in Florida, one in Tennessee, one in New Mexico, and two in South Carolina.
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several
Garshon Morgenstein survives the Holocaust to die from Listeria – tainted Boar’s Head Deli Meat
USA Today reports that a Virginia family is remembering a beloved father, grandfather, community member, master hair designer and Holocaust survivor who they say died as a result of the ongoing listeria outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats.
The outbreak, first reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on July 19,has resulted
Marler Clark retained in New York Deli Listeria Outbreak
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections.
Epidemiologic and laboratory data showed that meat and cheese from deli counters made people sick. A single deli or
BeiHollow Farms refuses to recall Listeria-tainted cheese, provide a list of where it was sold or cooperate with investigation into cause
This is both immoral and stupid.
Immoral, in the chance that the product is consumed by someone vulnerable to a Listeria infection – the young, old, immune compromised or women who are pregnant. Stupid, because if anyone does became ill and it could have been prevented by the recall, everything BeiHollow owns is at risk.
Marler Clark retained by families of Listeria Victims in Boar’s Head Outbreak
.As of August 8, a total of 43 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 13 states, Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Massachusetts (2), Maryland (6), Minnesota (1), Missouri (2), North Carolina (1), New Jersey (2), New York (12), Pennsylvania (1), Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (1). Sick people’s samples