Nine Deaths Now Linked to Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak

The listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meat products has now resulted in nine deaths, with 57 people hospitalized across 18 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. It's now the most widespread listeria outbreak in the United States in more than a decade.

Boar's Head initially issued a recall of over 7 million pounds of products that had been processed at a Jarratt, VA facility last month, after a sample of liverwurst tested positive for the bacteria.