Boar's Head deli meat recall expands amid listeria outbreak

BUSINESSES KEEPING CUSTOMERS SAFE? >> MORE THAN 7 MILLION POUNDS OF BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS ARE NOT SAFE TO EAT DUE TO LISTERIA CONCERNS, AND MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SICK ACROSS 13 STATES AND TWO HAVE DIED, INCLUDING ONE PERSON RIGHT IN NEW JERSEY. >> SO DOING THE DIGGING FOR US TONIGHT, HERE'S NEW JERSEY REPORTER ANTHONY JOHNSON. >> ANYONE EATING DELI MEAT SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RECALL OF BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS BECAUSE OF A POTENTIALLY DEADLY OUTBREAK OF LISTERIA. THE COMPANY RECALLING 7 MILLION POUNDS OF THE PRODUCT. KAREN WAS DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO USE BOAR'S HEAD BALONEY. >> SO FAR, NO. WE'RE GOOD. I KEEP CHECKING AND NO FEVERS OR ANYTHING. AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT NO DIARRHEA OR ANYTHING THAT I LOOKED UP THE SYMPTOMS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE OKAY. >> DOCTORS SAY LISTERIA CAN BE ESPECIALLY HARMFUL TO YOUNG AND OLD. THOSE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, ALONG WITH PREGNANCY, IS PROBABLY THE MOST, BIGGEST RISK FACTOR, ABOUT TEN TIMES FROM THE AVERAGE PUBLIC. MANY STORES REPLACED THE INVENTORY OF BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMERS ARE AVOIDING DELI MEATS. >> I'M GLAD THEY CAUGHT IT IN TIME AND HOPEFULLY THEY GET IT UNDER CONTROL. >> STOP AND SHOP CARRIED BOAR'S HEAD, BUT CONDUCTED A DEEP CLEAN OF THE DELI YESTERDAY TO AVOID CONTAMINATION. THE COMPANY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING STOP AND SHOP REMOVED. ALL IMPACTED BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS FROM SALE. WE ALSO DISCARDED ALL OTHER OPEN DELI MEATS AND CHEESES THAT COULD HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THE RECALLED ITEMS. THE BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS TO AVOID INCLUDE LIVERWURST, HAM, SALAMI AND BOLOGNA. THE SYMPTOMS RANGE FROM UNNOTICEABLE TO SEVERE NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA. >> IT CAN GET INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. WE CALL THAT BACTEREMIA. THE INFECTIONS BEGAN TO BE NOTICED IN MID-MAY AND HAVE GONE THROUGH MID-JULY. >> MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME DOWN WITH THE ILLNESS HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED IN