Boar’s Head has recalled more than 7 million pounds of deli products amid the largest listeria outbreak in the U.S. since 2011, the CDC said.
At least nine people have died and another 57 hospitalized after being infected with listeria from Boar's Head deli meats linked to a massive recall last month, U.S. federal officials said this week.It’s the largest listeria outbreak in the U.S. since 2011, and Boar’s Head has recalled more than 7 million pounds of deli products, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Illnesses were reported starting in late May and have continued into August.
In Virginia, Gunter "Garshon" Morgenstein, of Newport News, died on July 18 from a brain infection caused by listeria bacteria, an illness that was confirmed to be linked to the contaminated Boar’s Head products.Morgenstein, 88, was a German-born Holocaust survivor who moved to Canada and then the U.S. as a young man and later became a flamboyant hair stylist, according to his son, Garshon Morgenstein.
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