The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) has published a summary of its review of the deadly Boar’s Head Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that took place in the second half of 2024.
On July 12, 2024, USDA-FSIS opened an investigation into a multistate listeriosis outbreak linked to Boar’s Head ready-to-eat (RTE) deli meats. By September 23, a total of 59 illnesses and ten deaths were reported in association with the outbreak. The outbreak investigation found that the products causing the illnesses were produced at Boar’s Head’s Jarratt, Virginia plant.