Boar's Head expands recall amid listeria outbreak in New York

Published: Jul 31, 2024 Duration: 00:02:18 Category: News & Politics

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>> ALL RIGHT, BOAR'S HEAD HAS EXPANDED ITS RECALL TO NOW INCLUDE 7 MILLION MORE POUNDS OF DELI SLICED. THAT'S RIGHT. IT INCLUDES 71 PRODUCTS MADE BETWEEN MAY 10TH AND JULY 29TH UNDER THE BOAR'S HEAD AND OLD COUNTRY BRAND NAMES. >> THEY'RE TIED TO THAT ONGOING LISTERIA OUTBREAK THAT HAS KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND SICKENED NEARLY THREE DOZEN IN 13 STATES, FOX EIGHT'S JODI GOLDBERG SHOWS US HOW DELIS IN OUR AREA ARE BEING FORCED TO SWITCH THINGS UP ON THE FLY. >> CHRIS TOKYO REGULAR TURKEY FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL AT SEVEN BROTHERS GOURMET FOOD MARKET IN OCEANSID, CUSTOMERS FEEL COMFORTABLE. >> THEY'RE STILL COMING IN. THEY'RE STILL BUYING THE COLD CUTS. >> BUT A LISTERIA OUTBREAK HAS LED TO A LIMITED SELECTION OF BOAR'S HEAD MEATS CARRIED HERE AND AT SUPERMARKETS AND DELIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE CONCERN CONTAMINATION AFTER LISTERIA POISONING KILLED TWO PEOPLE. >> LAST FRIDAY. BOAR'S HEAD CAME IN AND THEY TOOK THE BOAR'S HEAD LIVERWURST DOWN AND THEN ON A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THEY CAME BACK AND THEY MADE SURE TO CHECK EVERYTHING ELSE. >> THIS WEEK, BOAR'S HEAD RECALLED MILLIONS MORE POUNDS OF MEAT MADE AT THE COMPANY'S PLANT IN VIRGINIA. IT INCLUDES LIVERWURST, OLD FASHIONED AND CAPPY STYLE HAM, BOLOGNA, BEEF SALAMI AND STEAKHOUSE BACON. WE TOOK THE BAD STUFF OUT, AND THEN WE ALSO TOOK APART THE WHOLE CASE WHERE THE COLD CUTS, WHERE WE CLEANED EVERYTHING, SANITIZE IT, SANITIZE ALL THE MACHINES. AN ESTIMATED 1600 PEOPLE GET LISTERIA FOOD POISONING EACH YEAR IN ABOUT 260 DIE, ACCORDING TO THE CDC. MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE CASES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LATEST OUTBREAK HAVE BEEN IN NEW YORK. PEOPLE THAT DEVELOP SYMPTOMS MOST COMMONLY WILL DEVELOP A STOMACH ILLNESS AND CAN HAVE SOME NAUSEA, VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. OFFICIALS RECOMMEND PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT, ELDERLY OR HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS TO AVOID EATING SLICED DELI MEAT UNLESS IT'S RECOOKED AT HOME. WHILE THE OUTBREAK DOESN'T IMPACT ALL SHOPPERS, IT'S NOT INTO DELI MEAT. SOME ARE CHANGING THEIR HABITS. >> I'VE STILL BEEN BUYING IT. NOT AS OFTEN, WHILE OTHERS ARE BEING CAUTIOUS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK I MIGHT BE A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. >> THE CDC SAYS RECENT ILLNESSES MAY NOT BE REPORTED YET, AS IT CAN TAKE 3 TO 4 WEEKS

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