Retired veteran, 79, died after eating Boar’s Head meat other than liverwurst: lawsuit
Boar's Head, the beleaguered deli meat giant at the center of a liverwurst-linked listeria outbreak, was sued Wednesday by the family of a man who died after allegedly eating the company's ham. . Otis Adams Jr., a retired Air Force veteran, died in May after purchasing allegedly contaminated meat at a Publix grocery store in […]
Widow of LI man who died after eating listeria-tainted liverwurst sues Boar’s Head for $20M: suit
A Long Island man died in July after eating Boar's Head liverwurst contaminated with listeria, and his widow is now suing the company for $20 million. Robert Hamilton, of Hicksville, ate allegedly contaminated deli meat in early July, according to his wife, Kathleen, who filed the wrongful death lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court. Boar's Head […]
Boar’s Head liverwurst listeria outbreak, Letters
worst liverwurst As liverwurst enthusiasts, we are upset that Boar's Head is offering jobs at other plants and severance packages to staff at the closed Jarrett facility (“Listeria Plant Is Boar's Dead'', September 23rd). These are the same workers who have been responsible for the deaths and hospitalizations of people in 18 states. Federal inspectors […]
Boar’s Head Discontinues Liverwurst After Listeria Outbreak Leaves Nine Dead
Deli meat company Boar's Head has closed one of its plants following an outbreak of deadly Listeria bacteria and will no longer produce liverwurst. The company announced Friday it would close its Jarratt, Virginia, plant because of the recall of more than 7 million pounds of meat and poultry products linked to multiple illnesses. people […]
Boar’s Head to close plant tied to listeria deaths, stop liverwurst sales
The meat processing plant in Boar's Head, Virginia, the site of an outbreak of deadly Listeria monocytogenes infections, announced Friday it would close “indefinitely.” Boar's Head will also stop producing a liverwurst product after it tested positive for Listeria, which killed nine people and hospitalized 57 after eating the sausage this summer. “Our investigation revealed […]