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The Journal.

Listeria, Liverwurst and the Family Feud at Boar's Head

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, Business News, News

4.25.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Over the summer, an outbreak of listeria in Boar’s Head products killed 10 people and sickened dozens more. In the months after the crisis, the family that runs the company has said little. WSJ’s Sarah Nassauer dug through court documents to piece together a decades-long story of a family fighting over ownership of a deli meat empire. Further Reading: - Inside the Half-Century Feud Dividing the Boar’s Head Family  - Boar’s Head Closing Virginia Factory Tied to Deadly Listeria Outbreak  Further Listening: - Farm-to-Table Pioneer on Why We Still Need Better Food  - Food Fight: PepsiCo vs. Carrefour  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For decades, Boer's head has worked to build a reputation for premium quality in its

0:10.7

deli meats and cheeses.

0:12.3

This commercial is pure baloney. in its deli meats and cheeses.

0:13.0

This commercial is pure baloney.

0:15.5

Borshead baloney.

0:17.1

Borshead.

0:18.3

Pure baloney, not phony baloney.

0:21.2

But more recently, the company has made headlines for something else.

0:25.0

All right now to a consumer alert tonight and a major Delhi meet recall

0:31.0

Boershead has recalled more than 200,000 pounds of its Delhi Meat.

0:35.6

A massive recall is expanding.

0:38.0

The company Boershead is recalling an additional 7 million pounds of its ready to eat products over possible

0:43.6

Listeria contamination. Bugs, mold, and mildew. That is what inspectors say they

0:49.7

found at a Borshead plant that's been linked to a nationwide Listeria outbreak that's being blamed for at least nine deaths.

0:57.0

Over the summer, we saw reports of people getting sick and dying from Listeria and foods that were

1:07.2

traced back to a Boershead factory in Virginia.

1:11.8

Really their oldest production facility outside of their original Brooklyn locations.

1:17.0

That's our colleague Sarah Nassauer.

1:20.0

Listeria is a bacteria that can linger on deli slicers and other equipment,

1:24.4

making it easy to spread.

1:26.5

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 59 people have been hospitalized

1:31.5

and 10 have died in connection with the outbreak.

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