Boar's Head recalls 7m pounds of products for Listeria contamination

[Brian Lutz]

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/ ... 77c4d8eac0

After 34 reported cases of Listeria across 13 states linked to Boar's Head products from a plant in Virginia, a recall has been issued for over 7 million pounds of meat products.

[storewanderer]

Very unacceptable for what is supposed to be a premium brand. Quality control and handling has to be better than this for a product that costs are much as $16/lb for ham or turkey...

I don't buy supermarket deli meat much anymore except at a very limited group of store locations; basically done with Kroger entirely on deli after some conditions I've seen, and in the case of one of those stores a Safeway there is only one location I'll buy from and I only buy when a couple of specific employees are working in the deli who I know are highly trained and properly maintain sanitation.

[SamSpade]

To think the Chevron decision will likely make these incursions even more frequent.

This is the first time I've ever heard of this with Boar's Head. It seems like it didn't really hurt Blue Bell that much, I still have people recommend it to me (and they advertise heavily in the medium I work for) from other places in the country where it is available.

People still eat packaged "pre-washed" lettuces a lot, too.

[storewanderer]

To think the Chevron decision will likely make these incursions even more frequent.

This is the first time I've ever heard of this with Boar's Head. It seems like it didn't really hurt Blue Bell that much, I still have people recommend it to me (and they advertise heavily in the medium I work for) from other places in the country where it is available.

People still eat packaged "pre-washed" lettuces a lot, too.

We all eat the packaged lettuce if we eat any food in restaurants... because they pretty much all use it. Even "nice" restaurants that serve you a fancy looking salad with full leaf of romaine- bagged romaine heads that go through the same "pre washing" process.

Oddly some of the "hamburger" fast food restaurants are some of the ones that do NOT use the pre-bagged lettuce...

[pseudo3d]

To think the Chevron decision will likely make these incursions even more frequent.

What does that have to do with anything? Food recalls happen all the time. Trader Joe's does recalls practically on a regular basis.

[storewanderer]

To think the Chevron decision will likely make these incursions even more frequent.

What does that have to do with anything? Food recalls happen all the time. Trader Joe's does recalls practically on a regular basis.

I don't see how that is a bad thing. Food recalls are important; if there are issues with a product that cause a health risk (contamination, undeclared allergens, mislabeled ingredients, etc.), the product needs to be recalled. The problem I see is often these recalls are not "timely" but that is part of the nature of the situation with food... I see recalls sometimes for meat or produce that were from weeks ago, it is not likely many people will have that stuff left (unless they froze it), but it is still probably better late than never.

There are sometimes some interesting recalls. Tide Pods recalled because the zip lock on the bags wasn't sealing properly. To many users of the product that may not matter. But to users who had the stuff near kids it absolutely mattered.

[BillyGr]

I don't see how that is a bad thing. Food recalls are important; if there are issues with a product that cause a health risk (contamination, undeclared allergens, mislabeled ingredients, etc.), the product needs to be recalled. The problem I see is often these recalls are not "timely" but that is part of the nature of the situation with food... I see recalls sometimes for meat or produce that were from weeks ago, it is not likely many people will have that stuff left (unless they froze it), but it is still probably better late than never.

There are sometimes some interesting recalls. Tide Pods recalled because the zip lock on the bags wasn't sealing properly. To many users of the product that may not matter. But to users who had the stuff near kids it absolutely mattered.

What they really need is some kind of term to use for those only partially dangerous ones (like the items where something is not listed or such), so that people can understand the difference between them.

Since those items are only an issue IF someone has allergies to the item not listed (say milk or whatever), they are still perfectly fine to eat for those who do NOT have such issue.

However, when people see it called a recall, they are more likely to just dispose of it or return it (where the store will dispose of it), thus causing a waste of food (and money) that for those who are not allergic could have simply been used as normal.

Totally a different issue with something like this that could make anyone sick, regardless of who they are or what they have allergies to.

[storewanderer]

I don't see how that is a bad thing. Food recalls are important; if there are issues with a product that cause a health risk (contamination, undeclared allergens, mislabeled ingredients, etc.), the product needs to be recalled. The problem I see is often these recalls are not "timely" but that is part of the nature of the situation with food... I see recalls sometimes for meat or produce that were from weeks ago, it is not likely many people will have that stuff left (unless they froze it), but it is still probably better late than never.

There are sometimes some interesting recalls. Tide Pods recalled because the zip lock on the bags wasn't sealing properly. To many users of the product that may not matter. But to users who had the stuff near kids it absolutely mattered.

What they really need is some kind of term to use for those only partially dangerous ones (like the items where something is not listed or such), so that people can understand the difference between them.

Since those items are only an issue IF someone has allergies to the item not listed (say milk or whatever), they are still perfectly fine to eat for those who do NOT have such issue.

However, when people see it called a recall, they are more likely to just dispose of it or return it (where the store will dispose of it), thus causing a waste of food (and money) that for those who are not allergic could have simply been used as normal.

Totally a different issue with something like this that could make anyone sick, regardless of who they are or what they have allergies to.

I've seen phrases like "consumer alert" instead of "recall" used... I'm not sure if there is regulation explicitly defining these terms. I assume there is, but clearly the average consumer isn't aware of the exact definitions...

[storewanderer]

For some reason, I have the recall notice on a Smiths receipt this week. First I've seen of it. Actually two recall notices.

"RECALL NOTICE ... Liverwurst, Bolonga, Salami, Ham, .... purchase date of 6/12/24 through 7/27/24"


RECALL NOTICE "BOAR'S HEAD packaged meats or sandwiches sold in the Deli Department or ham and bologna varieties sliced at the Deli Service Counter WITH A PURCHASE DATE OF 6/12/24 THRU 7/31/24."

So that second notice, that seems to recall ALL packaged meats or sandwiches...?

[ClownLoach]

So I was going to go down to Ralphs and return a load of Boar's Head products last week simply because of the risk of cross-contamination. After the recall was announced I did not eat the product which was intended to make a few big sub sandwiches for our vacation group. I learned if you call Kroger customer service and give them all the relevant transaction details they will just load a credit for the amount paid on your Club Card and they direct you to throw it all away at home. Every Boar's ahead item I had purchased. I did not purchase ham or bologna but was still concerned, my elderly aunt had purchased a few other Boar's Head meats the same day and had some serious issues which was concerning. We bought the day before the recall. Not sure if they'll do this now because it's a couple of weeks now and all this product should be rotten by now.