TEMPERATURE. >> TOM SCHAAD: WHEREVER YOU ARE. ALSO TONIGHT, THE DEATH TOLL IS RISING FROM CONTAMINATED MEAT ORIGINATING AT A PLANT JUST OUTSIDE OF HAMPTON ROADS. THE 3RD DEATH FROM LISTERIA IS BEING BLAMED ON MEAT PROCESS AT THE BOAR'S HEAD PLANT IN JARRETT. THAT'S ON THE GREENSVILLE SUSSEX COUNTY BORDER. DOZENS MORE HAVE BEEN SICKENED AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MEAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CHRIS HORNE, HE'S ON YOUR SIDE TONIGHT WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CONTAMINATION ALERT. CHRIS THOMAS, A BACTERIA AND NOT A VIRUS AND CAN WITHSTAND COLD AND HEAT. >> FIRST LISTERIA MAY CAUSE STOMACH PAINS AND OTHER GASTRO RELATED SYMPTOMS. BUT FOR SOME IT GOES WAY BEYOND THAT. >> WHAT A PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, DODI YOU HEARD ABOUT BOARD VIRGINIA COMPANY FAMOUS FOR ITS DELI MEATS WAS THE SOURCE OF THE LISTERIA OUTBREAK. HE WASN'T SURPRISED WITH. DO YOU MEAN? IT'S HUGE PROBLEM. THE MARYLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FIRST FOUND LISTERIA LAST MONTH BOAR'S HEAD LIVERWURST. BUT THEN THE RECALL EXPANDED TO A TOTAL OF 71 PRODUCTS HAS BIG >> THE ABILITY SURVIVE THE HARSH CONDITIONS, REFRIGERATION OR WARM TEMPERATURES WON'T KILL LISTERIA AND EVEN THE BEST PROTECTIVE MEASURES DON'T ALWAYS WORK EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE FALLING THE RIDE, SANITIZE ATION PRACTICES PLEADING MAN THAT KNIVES, LISTERIA, TARGETS, THE LIVER AND SPLEEN AT FIRST. >> IF YOU HAVE A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM OR ARE PREGNANT AND THE NEXT TARGETS OF THE BRAIN AND THE PLACENTA, THE SYMPTOMS OF LISTERIOSIS INCLUDE FEVER, DIARRHEA, MUSCLE PAIN, CRAMPING, BLOATING. 3 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED FROM LISTERIOSIS. AND 43 HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED. THE COMPANY ADVISES ANYONE WHO PURCHASED THE RECALLED PRODUCTS TO THROW THEM OUT OR RETURN THEM FOR A FULL REFUND. >> AND DO YOU EXPERT SAYS 9 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE WHO GET LISTERIOSIS MUST BE HOSPITALIZED. THE TREATMENT PROVIDED IT'S CAUGHT IN TIME IS INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS. WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE LATEST DEATH, WHICH HAPPENED HERE IN HAMPTON ROADS ON WAVY DOT COM. CHRIS HORNE, 10 ON YOUR SI