Largest U.S. Listeria Outbreak Since 2011 Linked to Boar’s Head Deli Meats Results in Nine Deaths

nine people have died and 57 have been hospitalized in a nationwide leria outbreak linked to recall Bo's head deli meat the Centers for Disease Control and prevention said Wednesday describing it as the largest such outbreak in the United States since 2011 six new deaths were reported in Florida Tennessee New Mexico New York and South Carolina the CDC said earlier this month the agency confirmed three deaths from the outbreak in Illinois new Jersey and Virginia last month a B's head liverworth sample collected by the Maryland Department of Health tested positive for the outbreak strain of leria prompting the deli meat and cheese company to issue a recall of all items produced at a facility in Jarrett Virginia and pause operations there at least 7 million pounds of more than 70 products including ham bolognia bacon and Frankfurter are part of the recall according to the food safety and inspection service fsis of the US Department of Agriculture recalled items were produced between May 10th and July 29th under the B's head and Old Country brand names the agency said the recalled products were distributed Nationwide and exported to the Cayman Islands the Dominican Republic Mexico and Panama it added the CDC urged the public to avoid consuming the recalled products and look out for the numbers est1 12612 or P1 12612 inside the USDA Mark of inspection on B's head product labels we deeply regret the impact this recall has had on affected families bores had said in a statement in mid August no words can fully express our sympathies and the sincere and deep hurt we feel for those who have suffered losses or endured illness the family run company was founded in 1905 in New York and describes itself as the leading premium deli meat and cheese company in the country the CDC said the outbreak is the largest since one in 2011 that was linked to cantaloupes in which 147 people were infected and 33 died across 28 States according to the agency's archive recent leria outbreaks in the United States have been tied to cheese and dairy products package Sals and in noi mushrooms people contract leria by consuming food contaminated with the leria monocytogenes bacterium with an estimated 1,600 infections and 260 deaths every year leria is the third leading cause of death from foodborn illness in the United States the CDC says pregnant people newborns those older than 65 and people with weak immune systems are at highest risk of falling severely ill from leria According to the CDC symptoms of the illness can include fever muscle aches loss of balance convulsions and intestinal problems it can take up to 10 10 weeks for some people to have symptoms some consumers are suing Boar's Head after eating their products and falling seriously ill the Associated Press reported among them are Sue Fleming 88 who spent 9 days in a hospital with a leria infection and Ashley soberg who said in her lawsuit that she nearly lost her unborn child when she contracted the illness according to the AP CBS reported that inspections of the company's Jared facility over the past year revealed the presence of mold mildew and insects Bor head did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter

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