The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has identified sanitation concerns contributing to last year’s Listeria monocytogenes outbreak connected to a Boar’s Head facility in Jarratt, Virginia, as well as short-term measures FSIS will take to reduce the likelihood of Listeria outbreaks.
The outbreak, which was tied to liverwurst produced at the facility, sickened 61 people across 19 states and resulted in 10 deaths. Boar’s Head recalled 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry produced at the plant between May 10 and July 29.