Boar’s Head Deli Meat Recall Tied to Listeria Expands

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 (HealthDay Information) — A recall of Boars Head deli meats has been broadened to incorporate a further 7 million kilos of merchandise as a result of they could even be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes micro organism, U.S. officers introduced Tuesday.

The expanded recall is a part of an ongoing investigation of ready-to-eat meals made on the firm’s Virginia plant. Thus far, 34 circumstances in 13 states have been reported, with 33 of these sufferers winding up within the hospital and two dying, in line with the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

“Listeria is particularly dangerous to people who find themselves pregnant, aged 65 or older, or with weakened immune programs,” the company stated in a information launch. “[The] CDC all the time recommends folks at greater threat for listeriosis keep away from consuming meats sliced on the deli or warmth them to an inner temperature of 165°F or till steaming sizzling earlier than consuming.”

The expanded recall consists of 71 merchandise made between Could 10 and July 29 below the Boar’s Head and Outdated Nation model names. The newly recalled objects embody meat to be sliced at delis and a few packaged meat and poultry merchandise offered in shops. Liverwurst, ham, beef salami, bologna and different merchandise are affected.

Final Friday, Boar’s Head first introduced it was recalling all of its liverwurst merchandise as a result of they may very well be tainted with listeria.

“The corporate can also be recalling extra deli meat merchandise that have been produced on the identical line and on the identical day because the liverwurst and, subsequently, could also be adulterated with L. monocytogenes,” the U.S. Division of Agriculture’s Meals Security and Inspection Service (FSIS) stated in an announcement.

Total, Boar’s Head “is recalling roughly 207,528 kilos of merchandise,” FSIS famous on the time.

The listeria investigation was first introduced July 22 by the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

On the time, the supply or sources of the outbreak have been unknown.

As FSIS defined, testing first carried out in Maryland noticed a pattern of Boar’s Head liverwurst product contaminated with listeria.

Apart from the liverwurst merchandise, a number of the different Boar’s Head meats which were included within the recall embody sure numerous Virginia Ham/Outdated Customary Ham, Italian Cappy Model Ham, numerous forms of Bologna, and Beef Salami, amongst others.

“The ready-to-eat liverwurst merchandise have been produced between June 11, 2024, and July 17, 2024, and have a 44-day shelf life,” FSIS famous. Merchandise have been shipped to retailers nationwide.

If shoppers discover they’ve any of the recalled merchandise of their fridges, they need to discard them or return them to the place of buy.

“Customers who’ve bought these merchandise are additionally urged to wash fridges totally to stop the chance of cross-contamination,” FSIS added.

Deli house owners who discover they’ve the merchandise “ought to clear and sanitize all meals and non-food surfaces and discard any open meats and cheeses within the deli,” the company added.

Listeria micro organism may cause listeriosis, the third-leading trigger of dying from food-borne sickness in the USA. Signs usually embody a fever, muscle aches and fatigue. An infection may trigger a headache, a stiff neck, confusion or seizures. Pregnant ladies might expertise being pregnant loss or untimely beginning.

Extra info

Discover out extra about listeriosis on the CDC.

SOURCE: U.S. Division of Agriculture’s Meals Security and Inspection Service (FSIS), information launch, July 30, 2024