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the lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn, Boar’s Head customer Rita Torres
says she purchased one of the recalled products but would have
avoided it had the company warned consumers about the possible
contamination. The lawsuit appears to be the first proposed
class action filed in the wake of the recalls, according to
court records.
Torres, who is seeking to represent a nationwide class of Boar’s
Head customers who purchased the recalled products, is seeking
unspecified monetary damages.
Representatives for Boar’s Head did not immediately respond to a
request for comment, nor did attorneys for the proposed class.
Boar's Head, a family-owned company founded in 1905, sells
products in grocery stores nationwide and outside the United
States.
On July 26, the company initially flagged more than 200,000
pounds of liverwurst and other deli products for recall over
concerns about listeria, which can cause illness particularly in
pregnant people, people with weakened immune systems and the
elderly, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The company dramatically expanded the recall on Tuesday to
include more than 70 products made at the company’s Jarratt,
Virginia, facility between May and July, according to the
department.
The company told customers to discard the products or return
them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund in
a statement about the recall on its website.
As of Tuesday, 34 people have been sickened in the outbreak
across 13 states, including 33 hospitalizations and two deaths,
according to the USDA.
At least one other lawsuit against Boar's Head has been filed
over this alleged outbreak, by a Missouri woman who says she
consumed some of the contaminated deli meat and fell ill. It's
pending in state court in St. Louis.
(Reporting by Diana Jones; Editing by Leigh Jones and Diane
Craft)
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