Inspectors found "general filth," poor sanitation practices, and structural issues at Boar’s Head facilities, including the Virginia plant linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak that killed 10 people and hospitalized 60,

According to a press release, a thorough review found multiple violations of food safety protocols — including the presence of mold, insects, and other unsanitary conditions — in the site of the outbreak at a Boar Head’s plant in Virginia to be the main cause of the outbreak.

The agency reported instances of noncompliance with sanitation standard operating procedures and sanitation performance standards.

Sixty people were hospitalized and 10 are known to have died last year in the largest listeria outbreak since 2011.

A report released by the Department of Agriculture found that poor sanitation practices at a Boar's Head facility in Virginia contributed to the largest listeria outbreak since 2011.

Repeated findings of inadequate sanitation practices like meat and fat residue on equipment and structural problems contributed to the listeria outbreak from products made at a Boar’s Head facility in Virginia last summer,

In a comprehensive review of the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to Boar’s Head liverwurst, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspe

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released a new report on Jan. 10 looking over the Boar’s Head multi-state Listeria outbreak during 2024. The agency acknowledged in its review that it found “inadequate sanitation practices” at the Jarratt, Va., facility run by Boar’s Head.

Problems documented at three factories echo violations found at the Jarratt, Virginia, plant linked to the food poisoning outbreak.

Several Boar's Head deli meat plants were cited for unsanitary conditions, not just the factory shut down after a deadly listeria outbreak.