I wonder if the other Boars Head plants also have issues. Avoid the entire brand? What brands have better hygiene?
I always thought Boars Head _was_ the premium brand.
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Re: Boar's Head plant posed an 'imminent threat' years before listeria outbreak
#22I wonder if the other Boars Head plants also have issues. Avoid the entire brand? What brands have better hygiene?
You can always just go to a butcher.
Re: Boar's Head plant posed an 'imminent threat' years before listeria outbreak
#23I wonder if the other Boars Head plants also have issues. Avoid the entire brand? What brands have better hygiene?
I always thought Boars Head _was_ the premium brand.
There's a German proverb that goes like "a butcher will only eat sausage he has made himself". Now you know the background.
Re: Boar's Head plant posed an 'imminent threat' years before listeria outbreak
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article paints a picture of lack of enforcement, not regulation.
How do you distinguish these behaviors?
You can't. It's meaningless. If the government tells you you have rights, but there's no practical way to claim those rights, then you have no rights and the government is lying in your face.
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#25It’s really disappointing to hear that a prominent brand with a positive reputation like boar’s head actually had serious hygiene issues. Articles I’ve read talk about the disgusting conditions in the plant, and I have to assume this is true across the entire company. There’s no way I’ll buy their products again, or eat at restaurants carrying their food (many advertise their sandwiches as using boars head). I wish restaurants were forced to reveal their supply chain.
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#26Does anyone think there is room for a D2C company to start curing its own meats and deliver cold cuts to people's doorstep?
Startup cured deli meats sounds like a recipe for distributed delivery of salmonella.
Are these products really "cured" then? Wasn't that a process used to preserve food before the existence of refrigeration? I understand it could be done incorrectly, but I'm also confused at what modern products are exactly.
Re: Boar's Head plant posed an 'imminent threat' years before listeria outbreak
#27Does anyone think there is room for a D2C company to start curing its own meats and deliver cold cuts to people's doorstep?
Startup cured deli meats sounds like a recipe for distributed delivery of salmonella.
ah I remember the good ol’ days when you could pitch a VC on “Uber but for salmonella” and easily secure your Series A
Re: Boar's Head plant posed an 'imminent threat' years before listeria outbreak
#28As more has come out about this, it is quite disappointing. I used to swear by Boars Head and would choose the store I am going too based on if they carried it. A mistake happening and causing a serious problem is still obviously bad, but is one thing. But from what they are describing I have no idea how this was able to continue running. I know right now it is stopping me from getting basically any deli meat or simi…
>I used to swear by Boars Head and would choose the store I am going too based on if they carried it.
This, we used to get meat from the 'good' Kroger because their deli had a better selection than the one in our neighborhood. If the premium brand is poison, I'm not sure what that says for the budget brands.
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#29I do not suppose a regular person can get access to all of the failed food safety audits in the past few years? Also, why is there not a remediation date by which there will be a follow-up assessment?
Probability not directly the answer to your question, but similar examples are Australian name and shame lists.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Startup cured deli meats sounds like a recipe for distributed delivery of salmonella.
Could include some locally sourced "raw water" and offer options for unpasteurized, unrefrigerated milk.
> Could include some locally sourced "raw water"
Pro tip: it's cheaper to sell to consumers if it's dehydrated first.