Death toll is now 9 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head deli meat, CDC says

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:02:19 Category: News & Politics

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POSSIBLE LEGAL FEES STEMMING FROM THE OUTAGE. AT LEAST 9 DEATHS, INCLUDING ONE HERE IN FLORIDA, ARE NOW LINKED TO A LISTERIA OUTBREAK INVOLVING. >> BOAR'S HEAD DELI MEATS OR ANOTHER. 57 REPORTED ILLNESSES AND MELANIE JOINS US NOW. AND BOYS HAD HAS ALLEGEDLY RECALLED MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MEAT. YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING TO FOLLOW THIS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED RIGHT NOW TO CHECK THEIR FRIDGES. >>MELANIE LAWSON: CHECK YOUR FREEZERS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE PACKAGES, YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THEM. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE SIGNS AND THE RISKS OF LISTERIA. >> GUNTER MORGAN STEEN OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL ON JULY 8TH. >> HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING I STARTED DOING MORE TESTING BECAUSE THEY FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. THAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT'S WHAT I CAME BACK. WAS THE 88 YEAR-OLD DIED 10 DAYS AFTER HIS HOSPITALIZATION. THE NUMBER E THING ON THE RECALL WAS LIVE OR WORSE. >> KNEW THAT HE LOVED THE KNEW THAT AND THE. >> YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, MORGAN SCENES FAMILY BELIEVES HIS DEATH IS LINKED TO MEET LATER RECALLED BY BOAR'S HEAD. AT LEAST 9 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM CONTAMINATED DELI THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAYS THERE'S ALSO BEEN 57 CONFIRMED LISTERIA LINKED TO ILLNESSES AND 18 STATES. PEOPLE WHO EAT LISTERIA, TAINTED FOOD CAN GET LISTERIOSIS, WHICH CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND THE ELDERLY. AMONG THE SYMPTOMS, FEVER, HEADACHE AND NAUSEA. AS FOR THIS OUTBREAK OR SAID, SAYS IT IS, QUOTE, CONDUCTING A RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT IN LATE JULY, IT RECALLED MORE THAN 7 MILLION POUNDS OF ITS READY TO EAT LIVERWURST AND SOME OTHER DELI MEATS. WE DON'T HAVE IT NOW BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED. >> BUT YOU KNOW, AS THINGS DOWN WARS MARES UP. >> YEAH. WHERE WE WILL USE THE CDC SAYS THIS IS THE US'S LARGEST LISTERIA OUTBREAK SINCE ONE LINKED TO CANTALOUPE IN 2011. >>MELANIE LAWSON: ALL RIGHT. SO ALONG WITH LIVERWURST BOAR'S HEAD ALSO RECALLED HAM BOLOGNA SAUSAGE AND BACON. AND KEEP IN MIND, THOSE PACKAGES WERE ALL SOLD BEFORE JULY

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