More deaths linked to Boar's Head listeria outbreak likely to come: Attorney | NewsNation Live

Published: Sep 02, 2024 Duration: 00:05:02 Category: News & Politics

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>> ALL RIGHT. LISTEN UP AND CHECK YOUR REFRIGERATOR RIGHT NOW. A NATIONWIDE LISTERIA OUTBREAK LINKED TO BOAR'S HEAD DELI MEAT IS CONTINUING TO WORSEN. AND WE'RE ALSO LEARNING THE PRODUCTION PLANT LINKED TO THIS OUTBREAK VIOLATED DOZENS OF FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR FOOD SAFETY INSPECTORS NOTED ESCALATING PROBLEMS AT THE BOAR'S HEAD PLANT IN VIRGINIA. THEY HAVE BEEN CITED FOR MOLD INSECTS, WATER DRIPPING OVER THE NEED AND SOME OTHER VIOLATIONS AS WELL. THE PLANT WILL NOW REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL EVERYTHING IS BROUGHT TO CODE IN THE LAST MONTH. AT LEAST 9 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE DIED DUE TO THIS OUTBREAK. DOZENS MORE HAVE GOTTEN SICK AND BEEN HOSPITALIZED SINCE JULY. 26TH 71 PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THAT'S ABOUT 7 0.2 MILLION POUNDS OF DELI MEAT AND NOW PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE OUTBREAK ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BOAR'S HEAD. THE FAMILY OF A VIRGINIA MAN HAS FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY 88 YEAR-OLD GUNTER MORGANSTEIN DIED LAST MONTH AFTER HE GOT SICK EATING DELI MEAT TRACED BACK TO BOAR'S HEAD. HIS SON SAYING FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE'LL REMEMBER HIS FATHER'S DEATH EVERY TIME HE SEES OR HEARS THE NAME BOAR'S HEAD. >> BECAUSE OF AND GREAT PERSON A GREAT TO HAVE, YOU REGRET THAT. I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE. >> IT IS JUST HEARTBREAKING AND WE'RE FAR FROM THROUGH THIS DISASTER. IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAYS WE DEEPLY REGRET THE IMPACT THIS RECALL IS HAD ON AFFECTED FAMILIES. NO WORDS CAN FULLY EXPRESS OUR SYMPATHIES AND THE SINCERE AND DEEP HURT. WE FEEL FOR THOSE WHO SUFFERED LOSSES OR ENDURED ILLNESS, PROMINENT FOOD SAFETY LAWYER BILL MARLER IS WITH US NOW. BILL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM THE WEST COAST. I THIS IS WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING. YOU'VE SEEN THESE CASES COMING GO. THIS ONE YOU SAY IS NOT OVER, THOUGH MORE PEOPLE COULD GET SICK. WHY IS THAT? >> WELL, MARNI INCUBATION PERIOD FOR LISTERIA IS 3 TO 70 THAT 7, 0, DAYS. SO FROM. >> INGESTION TO ONSET OF ILLNESS. PEOPLE WHO ATE THIS PRODUCT MID-JULYSTILL COULD GET SICK AS LATE AS YOU KNOW, OCTOBER. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T OVER YET. YOU KNOW, THE DEATHS HAVE YOU BE ALL DONE SCENES FAR AWAY ARIZONA AND SO I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING UNFORTUNATELY SEE THESE NUMBERS TICK UP OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 30 TO 40 DAYS AND TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, BILL, DOES IT ALL LINK BACK TO THIS PLANT IN VIRGINIA AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CITED FOR. >> YEAH. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS, IS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY CDC 8. >> USDA HAVE ITS YOU CAN ASSURE THAT THESE 57 PEOPLE, THE 9 DEATHS ARE ALL GENETICALLY MATCHED TO EACH OTHER AND MATCH TOO. THE PRODUCT THAT TESTED POSITIVE, WHICH WAS LIVERWURST AND ALL OF THOSE PRODUCTS WERE YOU FROM THE JURY. IT VIRGINIA PLANT. AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK SINCE THE JACK IN THE BOX OUTBREAK BACK IN THE MID 90'S. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF INSPECTION REPORTS. I HAVE NOT SEEN. WRIST INSPECTION PORTS AS DYER IS THESE OVER A LONG, LONG, LONG PERIOD OF TIME. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PLANT, YOU KNOW, OPERATING, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY INSPECTORS KEPT INSPECTING AND FINDING THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. AND I FIND THAT JUST TO BE APPALLING. >> AND WHAT'S BEEN THE RESPONSE TO THE CALLS FOR AN YEAH. THEIR FIRST QUESTION IS HOW COULD IT HAVE GOTTEN THIS BAD AND IT NOT BEEN CLOSED SOONER. >> YEAH. PLEASED THAT SENATOR BLUMENTHAL FROM CONNECTICUT HAS SORT OF ECHOED, YOU KNOW, MY DESIRE TO YOU DON'T HAVE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS. I MEAN, THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMMITTEES THAT OVERSEE USDA FOOD, SAFETY INSPECTION SERVICES AND THAT OVERSEE THESE MEATS FACILITIES AND I THINK SOME REALLY HARD QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED TO, YOU KNOW, THE CORPORATE HEADS OF COMPANIES AS WELL AS THE HEADS FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION SERVICES. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE IN 2024. HAVE A WELL KNOWN MEAT PROCESSING PLANT BE IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS. I'VE SEEN. PLANTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND THIS IS THE ONE OF THE

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