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10th death reported in Boar's Head deli meat listeria outbreak (apnews.com)

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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.

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[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most likely theyve been sick for a while. Though I don't know much about listeria. That plant should be nuked from orbit

[–] GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

They have. And for any remaining plants they are dropping liverwurst from production.

What we really need is better proactive safety inspections in food production, and jail time for production management and company leadership in the case of negligently unsanitary practices, like the ones found in this facility.

We won't get it, though. Regulations are bad for business, and you can't hurt the job creators... but that's kind of the point of regulations. They are there to make not following the letter of the law more impactful than following it.