Listeria outbreak

Boar’s Head takes steps to rebuild public trust after deadly Listeria outbreak

Boar’s Head is rolling out extensive food safety initiatives in the wake of a 2024 Listeria outbreak that sickened 61 people and led to 10 deaths across 19 states.

By Jonan Pilet

/ 14 Feb 2025

Boar’s Head takes steps to rebuild public trust after deadly Listeria outbreak

Inspection report reveals history of sanitation issues at Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

Over a year of repeated sanitation failures — totaling 69 violations — at Boar’s Head’s Virginia plant, appears to have fueled the ongoing Listeria outbreak that has sickened 57 people

By Jonan Pilet

/ 29 Aug 2024

Inspection report reveals history of sanitation issues at Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

CDC reports additional 14 illnesses and 5 deaths in Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported new cases and deaths associated with the ongoing Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats. Since the

By Jonan Pilet

/ 28 Aug 2024

CDC reports additional 14 illnesses and 5 deaths in Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats

Boar’s Head recall attracts rare Class Action proposal

Recalls don’t usually attract consumer class action lawsuits, and people who suffer unique injuries from food-borne illnesses are best advised to seek experienced legal counsel. But the Boar’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Aug 2024

Boar’s Head recall attracts rare Class Action proposal

200,000 pounds of liverwurst and deli meats recalled over positive Listeria test, possible link to 33 hospitalizations and two deaths

Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc. of Jarratt, VA., is recalling all liverwurst product produced by the establishment that is currently available in commerce because it may be adulterated with

By News Desk

/ 26 Jul 2024

200,000 pounds of liverwurst and deli meats recalled over positive Listeria test, possible link to 33 hospitalizations and two deaths

NY cheese manufacturer pleads guilty for adulterated raw cheese linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

Pursuit to a 16-page plea agreement that leaves little to the imagination, a former raw milk cheese manufacturer and the company he owned and managed pleaded guilty today to charges

By News Desk

/ 5 Mar 2024

NY cheese manufacturer pleads guilty for adulterated raw cheese linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

Washington State Health names milkshakes as source of deadly Listeriosis outbreak

The mortality rate hit 50 percent, with three deaths out of six Listeriosis illnesses in a recent Washington State outbreak blamed on milkshakes served at a Frugals restaurant in Tacoma.

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Aug 2023

Washington State Health names milkshakes as source of deadly Listeriosis outbreak

Listeria outbreak investigation leads to raw milk cheese recall

Le Fromage au Village Inc. is recalling Le Cru du Clocher raw milk cheddar cheese from the marketplace because of Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This recall was triggered by findings by

By News Desk

/ 13 Feb 2023

Listeria outbreak investigation leads to raw milk cheese recall

Deadly Listeria outbreak behind massive recall of Tyson chicken

Two Listeria monocytogenes illnesses in Texas and one in Delaware with one death between them is so far a small outbreak that’s brought on Saturday night’s massive recall

By News Desk

/ 4 Jul 2021

Deadly Listeria outbreak behind massive recall of Tyson chicken

Slow pace for foodborne illness outbreaks continues in 1st quarter

The relatively slow pace for foodborne illness outbreaks is continuing in the first quarter, much as it did this past year during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the end of the

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Mar 2021

Slow pace for foodborne illness outbreaks continues in 1st quarter

Listeria outbreak in Canada linked to frozen chicken; recall underway

Public health officials in Canada posted a Public Health Notice today regarding an outbreak of Listeria infections linked to frozen cooked chicken. The outbreak has hospitalized 85 percent of victims.

By News Desk

/ 19 Aug 2019

One dead in Listeria outbreak caused by deli-sliced meats, cheeses

Deli-sliced meats and cheeses are to blame for a multistate outbreak of Listeria infections involving eight people, one of whom has died. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late

By News Desk

/ 18 Apr 2019

One dead in Listeria outbreak caused by deli-sliced meats, cheeses

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Boar’s Head takes steps to rebuild public trust after deadly Listeria outbreak

Inspection report reveals history of sanitation issues at Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

CDC reports additional 14 illnesses and 5 deaths in Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats

Boar’s Head recall attracts rare Class Action proposal

200,000 pounds of liverwurst and deli meats recalled over positive Listeria test, possible link to 33 hospitalizations and two deaths

NY cheese manufacturer pleads guilty for adulterated raw cheese linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

Washington State Health names milkshakes as source of deadly Listeriosis outbreak

Listeria outbreak investigation leads to raw milk cheese recall

Deadly Listeria outbreak behind massive recall of Tyson chicken

Slow pace for foodborne illness outbreaks continues in 1st quarter

Listeria outbreak in Canada linked to frozen chicken; recall underway

One dead in Listeria outbreak caused by deli-sliced meats, cheeses

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