Every Boar's Head Plant Now Under Federal Investigation After Another Person Dies from Tainted Meat

SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA - JULY 31: Boar's Head meats are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024 in San Rafael, California. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, Boar's Head has expanded its recall of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products to nearly 7 million additional pounds due to a listeria outbreak. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that every Boar's Head processing facility in the country is now on the receiving end of a law enforcement investigation after a new fatality was linked to its contaminated, recalled meats, lifting the nationwide death toll to 10.

The first meat-related listeria illness was traced back to a production plant in Jarratt, Virginia, in late July. Since then, Boar's Head recalled over 7.2 million pounds of its deli meats, including ready-to-eat liverwurst and other several other products.