THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEADLY LISTERIA OUTBREAK CONNECTED TO BOAR'S HEAD DELI IS CONTINUING, AND SOME PRETTY GROSS DETAILS HAVE NOW COME TO LIGHT. A PLAN TO VIRGINIA HAS BEEN LINKED TO THE DEATHS OF AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE AND HOSPITALIZATIONS OF ABOUT 50 OTHERS ACROSS 18 DIFFERENT STATES. NATE FOY HAS MORE. NEWLY ACQUIRED RECORDS SHOW THIS BOAR'S HEAD PROCESSING PLANT IN VIRGINIA HAS BEEN TIED TO A DEADLY FOOD POISONING OUTBREAK AND REPEATEDLY VIOLATED FEDERAL REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE PRESENCE OF MOLD, INSECTS, LIQUID DRIPPING FROM CEILINGS AND MEAT AND FAT RESIDUE ON WALLS, FLOORS AND EQUIPMENT. VICTIMS WERE SICKENED WITH LISTERIA AFTER EATING DELI MEATS PROCESSED HERE. A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED HER BOUT IN THE HOSPITAL RECOUNTS HER SYMPTOMS. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS #### I'VE NEVER BEEN SO SICK IN ALL MY LIFE. U.S. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY THE PLANT WILL REMAIN CLOSED. QUOTE UNTIL THE ESTABLISHMENT IS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE IT CAN PRODUCE SAFE PRODUCT. BOAR'S HEAD OFFICIALS HALTED PRODUCTION AT THE PLANT IN LATE JULY. RECORDS DID NOT CONTAIN ANY TEST RESULTS THAT CONFIRMED LISTERIA IN THE FACTORY, BUT THE BACTERIA THRIVES IN HARD TO CLEAN CRACKS AND CREVICES. PESTS SUCH AS FLIES CAN EASILY SPREAD THE BACTERIA, AND ONCE INGESTED, IT CAN SPREAD TO SEVERAL ORGANS AND CAUSE ALL OTHER KINDS OF COMPLICATIONS. AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN IS THE LISTERIA, THE PATHOGEN CAN CROSS FROM YOUR GUT INTO YOUR BLOOD AND CAUSES INVASIVE ILLNESS. BOAR'S HEAD HAS RECALLED MORE THAN 7 MILLION POUNDS OF ITS PRODUCTS. WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT. SO IF YOU HAVE DELI MEAT SITTING IN YOUR IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR OR QUITE FRANKLY, IN YOUR FREEZER AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM YOU. YOU KNOW, I WOULD RECOMMEND BEING CAUTIOUS. ON ITS WEBSITE, BOAR'S HEAD WRITES THAT ALL THE ISSUES RAISED BY GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS WERE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.