Inspectors found "general filth," poor sanitation practices, and structural issues at Boar’s Head facilities, including the Virginia plant linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak that killed 10 people and hospitalized 60,
According to a press release, a thorough review found multiple violations of food safety protocols — including the presence of mold, insects, and other unsanitary conditions — in the site of the outbreak at a Boar Head’s plant in Virginia to be the main cause of the outbreak.
In a comprehensive review of the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to Boar’s Head liverwurst, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspe
A report from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found sanitary noncompliance contributed to a multistate listeria outbreak last year.
Poor sanitation at Virginia Boar's Head plant caused a deadly listeria outbreak that killed 10 and sickened 61 last summer.
Sixty people were hospitalized and 10 are known to have died last year in the largest listeria outbreak since 2011.
“The FSIS review of records and data from the Boar ... The patients had consumed homemade pickled eggs. The Huancui District CDC and Weihai CDC initiated epidemiological… An outbreak of ...
The FSIS review of the Boar's Head outbreak "points ... but it's likely more were sickened, the CDC said. Virginia state agriculture food safety inspectors, performing inspections for USDA under ...
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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...
One recall in October involved meat and poultry products that were potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Health officials have issued a warning after two people fell sick with Listeriosis following consumption of soft cheese from Austria. The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) said no ...