Boars Head lunch meat recall

[Shirley U Geste]

Boar’s Head recall now expands to 13 States- listeria concerns over 7 million pounds of deli meat with over 33 people hospitalized and two deaths so far.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boars-head-recall-expands-include-7-million-pounds-deli-meat-listeria-rcna164446

[Tabby]

Oh, crap! We just bought a full pound of Boars Head Tavern Ham day before yesterday!

Seriously, this stuff is too damn expensive to throw away.

Since we ate sandwiches of it yesterday, I'm gonna freeze it - If we haven't gotten sick in two weeks, I'm thawin' it back out!  

Living dangerously, ya know... 

[kritter]

Sista from another mother...living on the edge runs in the family. I like your style.

I brought home 3 uncooked Simple Meals the other day. Two were pork and one was shrimp. Got distracted by cats when I got home and left them out on the bar for a little over three hours. When I finally noticed them, I stuck them in the fridge. Not going to throw away money that they might have gone bad.

Had the shrimp one last night. So far so good. One of the pork meals is up for tonight.

[val2525]

I've had food poisoning before. Several times. It's no fun. I have some BH no salt added turkey, which I didn't see on any of the lists. I didn't see any turkey at all, come to think of it. Think I'll wait a day or two and see if turkey is added to the list. I can always make tuna salad and chicken salad wraps this week.

[staytuned]

I've had food poisoning twice and adopted the motto, "When in doubt, throw it out". Not worth any amount of money to experience going through that again if I can help it.

[kritter]

I have never had food poisoning so this could be a first. Not really worried after the shrimp meal was apparently OK.

[denise15601]

My news said that you should throw it out and wash out your entire refrigerator.

[kritter]

Jul 31, 2024 23:03:37 GMT denise15601 said:

My news said that you should throw it out and wash out your entire refrigerator.

Yeah, that is so not going to happen. 

My pork chop dinner is now in the toaster oven on the broiler setting.

[Shirley U Geste]

I have never had food poisoning so this could be a first.

Trust me, you do NOT want to get a bad case of it.

[val2525]

Aug 1, 2024 1:20:57 GMT Shirley U Geste said:

I have never had food poisoning so this could be a first.

Trust me, you do NOT want to get a bad case of it.

Can you get a mild case? I've had it 3 times and was miserable each time. I thought about going to the ER one of those times. OTOH, I didn't die so maybe I did have mild cases

[labbypaws]

Our favorite deli here uses all Boars Head. Luckily they are on vacation for 2 weeks.

[denise15601]

I think that I had a mild case of food poisoning 3 weeks ago when I got a Dairy Queen blizzard. I was sick all evening, but I didn't throw up.

I called the manager who said that he would check the cameras and get back to me. Since I have not heard from him, I will be calling corporate.

There was a case of salmonella poisoning at DQ's last year.

[val2525]

If they develop symptoms including fever, muscle aches and fatigue as well as a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance or seizures, they are urged to contact their medical provider immediately.

“Symptoms usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria, but may start as early as the same day or as late as 10 weeks after,” the CDC says.


Interesting. I didn't realize it took that long for listeria to show up Looks like I'm tossing the Boars Head turkey after all.

[Shirley U Geste]

I think that I had a mild case of food poisoning 3 weeks ago when I got a Dairy Queen blizzard. I was sick all evening, but I didn't throw up.

If you didn't throw up then you didn't have food poisoning.

Vomiting & diarrhea is how your body gets rid of whatever toxin was in the food.

[Shirley U Geste]

Can you get a mild case? I've had it 3 times and was miserable each time. I thought about going to the ER one of those times. OTOH, I didn't die so maybe I did have mild cases

Most people get mild cases, you are totally miserable until the toxins are out of your body,but it won't kill you.

It all depends on how much of the contaminated food you have eaten & your general health plays a big factor.

[denise15601]

I think that it is a total travesty if my chocolate-covered strawberry blizzard made me sick.

[val2525]

It could be the dairy products were slightly off, or past their expiration date.

[kritter]

Aug 1, 2024 16:30:05 GMT denise15601 said:

I think that it is a total travesty if my chocolate-covered strawberry blizzard made me sick.

I doubt that is what made you feel sick since you didn't have the barfing or diarrhea symptoms associated with food poisoning.  Probably a combination of everything in the chocolate strawberry mixture that didn't react well with your body considering you don't eat that kind of stuff on a normal basis. 

Don't know what you expect a call to DQ Corporate would accomplish since it didn't seem to be a widespread issue at that location on that given day or it would have been outed on local social media at the very least.

Dairy Queen has been reported to cause food poisoning. The most common symptoms listed by customers are nausea and diarrhea. Norovirus has been mentioned as the most common diagnosis reported from Dairy Queen. Norovirus is extremely contagious and can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

iwaspoisoned.com/tag/dairy-queen

[val2525]

Norovirus is NASTY.

Tossing my Boars Head wasn't a total bummer. I had some maple bacon (not Boars Head, LOL) I needed to use up. Dinner was a maple bacon BLT wrap rather than a turkey & cheese wrap. Life is good

[kritter]

I made sure that my Simple Meals went directly to the fridge this afternoon even though Kenya was screaming at me that she hadn't had any Fancy Feast in 3 hours and she was on the brink of starvation.

Have one more pork chop Simple Meal from the other day but not worried about it since the other two were apparently OK.

[labbypaws]

Someone else died.

[val2525]

Aug 9, 2024 5:11:59 GMT labbypaws said:

Someone else died.

There may be a few more when it's all said and done. Listeria symptoms can show up weeks after the food exposure.

HEB had a full case of BH yesterday. They must have received a new order or this area is supplied from a different BH processing plant than where the contaminated items ship from.

[Desire]

I don't understand what's happening in some of our stores with this. Stop and Shop has had the entire deli cleaned out since this started and if you want any brand of meat they get it out of a back case. They said they threw out everything that was unwrapped for possible cross-contamination and did sanitation of everything in the deli. Yet they are selling all the BH meats and cheese if you want it. I guess the package numbers are OK. I wonder why they don't put all the meat back in the front display cooler.

I still won't buy any BH meats. Every week our little independent grocery store has a deli ham on sale, different brands every week, Shalen, Krakus, Raspberry glazed (the best) and many others. I just get the one on sale and deli sliced turkey as it's just used for sandwiches during the week.

[labbypaws]

6abc.com/post/boars-head-plant-linked-deadly-outbreak-broke-food-safety-rules-dozens-times-records-show/15244246/

And 9 deaths…

[denise15601]

Aug 30, 2024 0:38:15 GMT labbypaws said:

6abc.com/post/boars-head-plant-linked-deadly-outbreak-broke-food-safety-rules-dozens-times-records-show/15244246/

And 9 deaths…

That is so horrible.  I heard that on the news yesterday.  So scary that companies don't care about food safety.

[val2525]

Oops. Boars Head being investigated. It's sad. Boars Head spent decades building a respected brand, then a few greedy corporate talking heads decided to save a few $$ and put profit over customer safety.

www.cbsnews.com/news/boars-head-plants-nationwide-now-part-of-law-enforcement-investigation-usda-says/?linkId=604143094

[labbypaws]

They had another death this week.

[Shirley U Geste]

This is what happens when you reduce federal oversight & let them police themselves.

Greed always takes over, corners get cut & disaster happens.

[staytuned]

wordinblack.com/2024/09/boars-head-indefinitely-closes-va-plant-linked-to-bacteria-tainted-meat/

I find it unconscionable for those working at that facility to not care about the health of those consuming those products. It's a shame it took 9 people losing their lives to get it shut down.