Boar's Head deli meat recalled amid multi-state listeria outbreak

Published: Jul 26, 2024 Duration: 00:01:52 Category: News & Politics

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FIRST TIME WE'RE LEARNING OF THE SPECIFIC BRAND OF LUNCH MEAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TIED TO A RECENT LISTERIA OUTBREAK. >> MORE THAN £200,000 OF BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS. THOSE DELI PRODUCTS ARE BEING RECALLED. THEY INCLUDE BOAR'S HEAD, LIVERWURST AND BALONEY, ALONG WITH SALAMI, CAPRI STYLE HAM AND STEAK, HOUSE ROASTED BACON, HEAT AND EAT PRODUCTS. THE COMPANY TELLS ME. WHEN AN UNOPENED PACKAGE OF BOAR'S HEAD LIVERWURST TESTED POSITIVE FOR LISTERIA, IT TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION. IT IS RECALLING ALL MEATS PRODUCED THAT DAY ON THE SAME LINE. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. THIS COMES AMID A LISTERIA OUTBREAK THAT HAS SICKENED 34 PEOPLE. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED, INCLUDING ONE PERSON RIGHT HERE IN ILLINOIS. LISTERIA CONTAMINATED CONTAMINATION CAN LEAD TO LISTERIOSIS. AND WE DID SPEAK WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR FROM RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WHO IS EXPLAINING THE RISK IN MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IMMUNE COMPROMISED AND THEY'RE NOT VERY, VERY, YOU KNOW, OVER 65 OR VERY YOUNG, WE TYPICALLY HAVE MILD, UH, SYMPTOMS SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, BUT BUT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WHERE WE DID HAVE TWO PEOPLE, UM, PASSING AWAY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, UM, IN VERY YOUNG PEOPLE OR THOSE ABOUT 65 OR PREGNANT PEOPLE, IT CAN CAUSE QUITE SEVERE, UM, OR SERIOUS INFECTIONS AND ALSO DEATH. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER, MUSCLE ACHES, HEADACHES, LOSS OF BALANCE AND DIARRHEA. TONIGHT, PEOPLE ARE BEING URGED TO THROW OUT THE RECALLED LUNCH MEAT OR RETURN IT TO THE STORE FOR A REFUND. RETAIL DELIS HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO DISCARD OF THE PRODUCTS AND SANITIZE ALL SURFACES. YOU CAN FIND

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