Unsanitary conditions found at Boar’s Head production plant

January 14, 2025 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
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NATIONWIDE — SEVERAL OF BOAR’S HEAD MEAT PLANTS HAD UNSANITARY CONDITIONS, federal records released as part of several FOIL Act requests, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, Jan. 14. One plant in Jarratt, Virginia, was closed permanently following a deadly Listeria outbreak last summer that killed 10 people, sickened dozens more, resulted in a recall of more than seven-million pounds of deli meats and ended its production of liverwurst. But the newly-released government inspection reports have chronicled years-old problems at several of the sites in Indiana, Arkansas and Virginia: slime, flaking paint, piles of debris, trash and blood, dirty walls with meat and fat residue, condensation from HVAC units dripping onto food, mold, insects and other problems dating back about six years. One inspector in May 2024 reported that the plant in New Castle, Indiana showed “general filth.” Food Safety News reported that some of the factories also had structural problems and needed repair.

Officials at Boar’s Head told the Associated Press via email on Monday that the documented violations at the three production plants “do not meet our high standards.” Boar’s Head, headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, adopted the advertising slogan: “excellence that stands apart in every bite.”

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