A 10th person has died in the listeria outbreak that shuttered a Boar’s Head deli meat plant, federal health officials said Wednesday.

At least 59 people in 19 states have been sickened by the bacteria first detected in liverwurst made at the Jarratt, Virginia, plant. Illnesses were reported between late May and late August, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. All of those who fell ill were hospitalized.

The latest fatality was reported in New York, bringing the total deaths to two each in New York and South Carolina and one each in Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee and New Mexico.

  • @CarbonatedPastaSauce
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    61 month ago

    And still I see people lining up at the supermarket deli counter to buy this shit. I used to buy Boar’s Head turkey for sandwiches until this story broke, but after reading about how disgusting that plant was, they will never get another penny from me. So nasty.

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      1 month ago

      I tried their havarti and was so throughly disappointed that I never considered them as an option again for any products. Thank fuck for my picky eating habits, this one time…