TONIGHT, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED A DEADLY LISTERIA OUTBREAK, AND IT'S LEADING THEM BACK TO A VIRGINIA DELI MEAT PLANT. NINE PEOPLE HAVE DIED, AND AT LEAST 50 OTHERS HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED ACROSS 18 STATES. NATE FOY HAS THE LATEST DETAILS. 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 HELL. 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 DIDN'T 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 IS 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, UM, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM, UH,