ABOUT THAT DEADLY LISTERIA OUTBREAK TIED TO DELI MEAT. SO BOAR'S HEAD DELI MEAT PLANT OF VIRGINIA TIED TO THE OUTBREAK, REPORTEDLY VIOLATED FEDERAL REGULATIONS, INCLUDING INSTANCES OF MOLD IN INSECTS. LIQUID DRIPPING FROM THE CEILINGS AND MEAT AND FAT RESIDUE ON THE WALLS, FLOORS AND EQUIPMENT. THAT IS, ACCORDING TO NEWLY RELEASED RECORDS, THE PLANT LINKED TO THE DEATHS OF AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL OF ABOUT 50 OTHERS IN 18 STATES, INCLUDING IN NEW YORK AND IN NEW JERSEY. ABC'S JACQUELINE LEE, WITH MORE. >> HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGENTLY WARNING CONSUMERS TO CHECK THEIR REFRIGERATOR. AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE HAVE DIED LINKED TO BOAR'S HEAD DELI MEAT. THE CDC REPORTS 57 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN HOSPITALIZED, WITH CASES REPORTED ACROSS 80 STATES AND AT LEAST NINE DEATHS DUE TO A LISTERIA OUTBREAK. LISTERIA IS A BACTERIA THAT CAN REMAIN ON SURFACES LIKE MEAT SLICERS AND FOODS FOR WEEKS, WITH SOME PEOPLE NOT EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF LISTERIA FOR TEN WEEKS. THE ALWAYS A LUNCH MEAT, ALWAYS BOAR'S HEAD. MORGAN STEIN SAYS HIS FATHER GOT LISTERIA AFTER EATING TAINTED LIVERWURST. HIS FATHER, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. HE ALLEGES HIS FATHER'S INFECTION LED TO MENINGITIS AND BRAIN DAMAGE, ULTIMATELY PASSING AWAY. JULY 18TH. WE'RE ALL STILL IN SHOCK FOR ALL OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW THAT HE'S SEEN AND BEEN THROUGH IN HIS LIFE TO, UH, COME TO THAT. BOAR'S HEAD IS RECALLING ABOUT £7 MILLION OF READY TO EAT MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS, WITH THE RECALL SPANNING 71 PRODUCTS PRODUCED BETWEEN MAY 10TH, 2024 AND JULY 29TH, 2024 UNDER BOAR'S HEAD AND OLD COUNTRY BRAND NAMES. BOAR'S HEAD RELEASED A STATEMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH SAYING WE ARE CONDUCTING A RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT AND THE COMPANY HAS SAID SAFETY IS THEIR ABSOLUTE PRIORITY. THEY ADDED WE ARE CONDUCTING A FULL REVIEW OF PROCESS AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE WE CONSISTENTLY MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND QUALITY. THE STEIN FAMILY HAS FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, THEIR ATTORNEY WRITING NO ONE SHOULD DIE FROM EATING A SANDWICH. THROUGH THIS LAWSUIT AND OTHERS, WE WILL DETERMINE WHAT WENT WRONG AT BOAR'S HEAD IN LOS ANGELES