Boar’s Head is recalling more than 207,000 pounds of deli meat due to possible Listeria contamination that authorities are investigating.
The meats include liverwurst and ham products and are available nationwide, NBC News reported. report on friday.
Check your fridge: Boar’s Head is investigating a deadly outbreak in multiple states and is recalling more than 200,000 pounds of prepared deli meats after some unopened products tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
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“The company initiated the recall after liverwurst sold in a Maryland store tested positive for Listeria. The samples were taken as part of an investigation into a multi-state outbreak of Listeria that had infected 34 people in 13 states as of Thursday,” the outlet noted, adding that all but one of the people had been hospitalized.
One person died in Illinois and one in New Jersey.
client Said She usually buys Boar’s Head products, but this latest outbreak has her worried, she told ABC 6. “It’s scary. It’s really scary, because I didn’t know about this and I could get sick or have side effects,” she said.
Health officials said the outbreak is likely linked to sliced meats sold in deli sections because many of the infected people said they had eaten turkey, liverwurst and ham.
The NBC report continues:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, which announced the recall on Friday, said further testing was underway to determine whether the Maryland samples are linked to the latest outbreak.
The recall includes Boar’s Head ready-to-eat liverwurst products manufactured between June 11 and July 17.See product labels here), as well as other deli meat products such as beef salami, bologna sausage and ham, which were made on the same machinery around the same time.
A Boar’s Head spokesman said the company is working with authorities to investigate the matter.
Consumers who have purchased the affected products are advised to throw them in the trash or return them to the store, and to clean their refrigerators to prevent the growth and spread of bacteria.
Listeria is survive According to the Mayo Clinic, it will be placed in a refrigerator where temperatures will be below freezing.
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eat If you become ill after eating food contaminated with Listeria, the condition is called listeriosis.
Listeria Pregnant women, newborns, people over 65, and people with weakened immune systems are most susceptible to the virus, but others can also become infected. Listeria“Although the number of infected people is high, very few of them become seriously ill,” the agency said.
