This poor lady lost her husband and Boar’s Head wants to drag her down to Virginia,” said Hamilton’s lawyer, Bill Marler, a prominent food safety attorney who opposed the request in a court

A listeria outbreak at a Boar’s Head facility in Virginia, which left 10 people dead and dozens hospitalized in multiple states in the U.S. in 2024, was caused by poor sanitation.

U.S. food inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar's Head deli meat plants, not just the Jarratt, Virginia, factory that was shut down last year

Sixty people were hospitalized and 10 are known to have died last year in the largest listeria outbreak since 2011.

The City of Virginia Beach sent a letter to Something in the Water festival organizers informing them they are in breach of their contract and that they have only days to resolve the issues. It comes after a city council work session on Tuesday where Mayor Bobby Dyer recommended considering Something in the Water officially in breach of contract for failing to provide a lineup or announce a date for ticket sales.

After 2024's multistate listeria outbreak, USDA inspection records reveal Boar's Head plants had several sanitation violations.

The Virginia Beach City Council met on Tuesday for an update on the status of the “Something in the Water” music festival and its commitment to the city.

A report from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found sanitary noncompliance contributed to a multistate listeria outbreak last year.

In a comprehensive review of the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to Boar’s Head liverwurst, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspe

Ron Simon is a Houston-based attorney representing several plaintiffs from last year’s listeria outbreak linked to Sarasota-based Boar’s Head plant in Jarrett, Virginia.

Boar's Head stopped making liverwurst and shuttered its Jarratt, Virginia, plant in September after listeria poisoning tied to the product sickened more than 60 people in 19 states, including 10

Virginia has a Republican triplex and a divided trifecta. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls both chambers of the state legislature. As of January 22, 2025, there ...