USA – Food Safety and Inspection Service reports on Boar’s Head investigation

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The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published its report on inspection practices used by the agency in relation to the deadly 2024 Listeria outbreak traced to Boar’s Head deli meats.

“The FSIS review of records and data from the Boar’s Head Jarrett, VA, production plant indicated a pattern of conditions that presented an elevated risk for Listeria monocytogenes contamination,” the FSIS reported.

The Boar’s Head plant in Jarrett, VA, was sampled by FSIS at the highest frequency rate (monthly), yet this sampling did not identify the establishment’s Listeria problem.

One response to “USA – Food Safety and Inspection Service reports on Boar’s Head investigation

  1. Painfully discouraging to read about how long this filthy plant was permitted to operate – the company was warned multip

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