Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-09-13 23:13:16 UTC
https://nypost.com/2024/09/13/business/boars-head-to-close-plant-tied-to-
listeria-deaths-stop-liverwurst-sales/
The Boars Head Virginia meat processing plant at the center of a deadly
listeria outbreak will close indefinitely the company said on Friday.
Boars Head will also stop making liverwurst the product that tested
positive for listeria and from which nine people died and 57 were
hospitalized after eating it this summer.
Our investigation has identified the root cause of the contamination as a
specific production process that only existed at the Jarratt [Viriginia]
facility and was used only for liverwurst. With this discovery, we have
decided to permanently discontinue liverwurst, Boars Head said in a
statement on its website.
The Jarratt plant where some 500 people were employed closed in July when
Boars Head recalled more than 7 million pounds of deli meat and cheese
that was made at that facility.
We do not take lightly our responsibility as one of the areas largest
employers, Boars Head said in the statement. But, under these
circumstances, we feel that a plant closure is the most prudent course.
Inspection reports over the past year by state and USDA officials found 69
incidents of insanitary conditions, including mold, flying insects,
condensation and clogged drains, rancid odors and rusty equipment
leading food safety experts to question why the situation festered for so
long, as The Post reported.
On July 31 the USDA suspended the facility for failing to maintain
sanitary conditions, according to a seven-page report that Boars Head
posted on its website on Friday.
The 119 year-old family business said This is a dark moment in our
companys history.
The outbreak is now the largest listeriosis incident since the 2011
cantaloupe-associated outbreak.
Boars Head also said it was implementing new food and safety measures at
its other facilities, including installing a new chief food safety
officer.
The company is facing multiple lawsuits from families who have lost loved
ones and from victims some of whom were in comas after eating the
tainted product who are still recovering from their illnesses.
New York has seen the most cases with 17 residents getting sick from the
contaminated deli meats.
Two people died in South Carolina and there has been one death each in New
Jersey, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee and New Mexico.
It will be a while before consumers trust the iconic brand again,
supermarket executive told The Post, describing skittish shoppers who are
buying other brands.
Conversation
Vern
2 hours ago
I imagine theyve taken quite a hit. Ive bought their product for a long
time based on thinking it was high quality. I will never purchase the
product again, and I imagine Im not the only person who feels that way.
And 69 incidents in one year without resolution is outrageous.
Mister Coffee
2 hours ago
You think this is just Boars head?
This is happening across the country. This is the Covid fallout.
New people across the board in these plants. They don't have the knowlege
that their predecessors have.
Add in some cost savings measures by management
ans viola, you get listeria.
This just happened to Quaker at the granola bar facility as well.
Sanitation practices are horrible.
The sanitation process is the foundation of all these food manufacturong
plants.
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stupid people won't be offended.
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No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
listeria-deaths-stop-liverwurst-sales/
The Boars Head Virginia meat processing plant at the center of a deadly
listeria outbreak will close indefinitely the company said on Friday.
Boars Head will also stop making liverwurst the product that tested
positive for listeria and from which nine people died and 57 were
hospitalized after eating it this summer.
Our investigation has identified the root cause of the contamination as a
specific production process that only existed at the Jarratt [Viriginia]
facility and was used only for liverwurst. With this discovery, we have
decided to permanently discontinue liverwurst, Boars Head said in a
statement on its website.
The Jarratt plant where some 500 people were employed closed in July when
Boars Head recalled more than 7 million pounds of deli meat and cheese
that was made at that facility.
We do not take lightly our responsibility as one of the areas largest
employers, Boars Head said in the statement. But, under these
circumstances, we feel that a plant closure is the most prudent course.
Inspection reports over the past year by state and USDA officials found 69
incidents of insanitary conditions, including mold, flying insects,
condensation and clogged drains, rancid odors and rusty equipment
leading food safety experts to question why the situation festered for so
long, as The Post reported.
On July 31 the USDA suspended the facility for failing to maintain
sanitary conditions, according to a seven-page report that Boars Head
posted on its website on Friday.
The 119 year-old family business said This is a dark moment in our
companys history.
The outbreak is now the largest listeriosis incident since the 2011
cantaloupe-associated outbreak.
Boars Head also said it was implementing new food and safety measures at
its other facilities, including installing a new chief food safety
officer.
The company is facing multiple lawsuits from families who have lost loved
ones and from victims some of whom were in comas after eating the
tainted product who are still recovering from their illnesses.
New York has seen the most cases with 17 residents getting sick from the
contaminated deli meats.
Two people died in South Carolina and there has been one death each in New
Jersey, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee and New Mexico.
It will be a while before consumers trust the iconic brand again,
supermarket executive told The Post, describing skittish shoppers who are
buying other brands.
Conversation
Vern
2 hours ago
I imagine theyve taken quite a hit. Ive bought their product for a long
time based on thinking it was high quality. I will never purchase the
product again, and I imagine Im not the only person who feels that way.
And 69 incidents in one year without resolution is outrageous.
Mister Coffee
2 hours ago
You think this is just Boars head?
This is happening across the country. This is the Covid fallout.
New people across the board in these plants. They don't have the knowlege
that their predecessors have.
Add in some cost savings measures by management
ans viola, you get listeria.
This just happened to Quaker at the granola bar facility as well.
Sanitation practices are horrible.
The sanitation process is the foundation of all these food manufacturong
plants.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.