Boar's Head faces lawsuit for selling taint4ed meats
By: Max Hauptman
and Mary Walrath-Holdridge
USA Today
..... Boar's Head, the popular deli meat and cheese company, is now facing a potential class-action lawsuit after more than 7 million pounds of Boar' Head products were recalled and linked to a deadly listeria outbreak.
..... Filed in the United States District Court of Eastern district of New York on August 1, [2024] the lawsuit alleges that Boar's Head Provisions, Company Incorporated "improperly, deceptively, and misleadingly labeled and marketed its products," by failing the full extent of possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes, a disease-causing bacteria.
..... The plaintiffs, Rita Torres, alleges that she purchased one of the recalled products and that she and others "reasonable customers" would not have done so had the company properly warned consumers about possible bacterial contamination.
..... On July 26, [2024] Boar's Head announced a recall for its products for potential listeria contamination, according to a release that day form the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
..... That recall included 207,528 pounds of liverwurst and other deli meats produced between June 11 and July 17. [2024]
..... The recalled products were linked to a listeria outbreak identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that, as of July 25, [2024] has sickened 34 people in 13 states, including 33 hospitalizations and three deaths.
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Boar's Head expanded the recall on July 30 [2024] to include more than 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products, covering 71 separate items produced between May 10 and July 29. [2024]
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The new potential class-action suit, however, alleges that the initial July 26 [2024] recall insufficient, calling it "Deliberately designed to preclude the vast majority of customers from receiving a recall."
..... The class-action filing is the second lawsuit that Boar's Head is facing in the wake of the deadly list4e4ria outbreak.
..... A Missouri woman who fell ill and was hospitalized after eating some of the contaminated product filed a lawsuit against Boar's Head in Missouri state court on July 26. [2024
Sings of listeria poisoning
* Fever
* Muscle aches
* Headache
* Stiff neck
* confusion
* Loss of balance
* Convulsions
* diarrhea
* Other gastrointestinal symptoms
* Miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery and life-threatening infection on newborns
* Death
..... People in higher-risk categories who experience flu-like systems within tow months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care, according to the USDA.