Boar’s Head has reportedly paid out millions of dollars in confidential settlements to families and survivors of last year’s deadly Listeria outbreak.
Among the recipients is a Long Island widow whose husband died after eating tainted liverwurst. Boar’s Head paid her $4 million, one of dozens of secret payouts tied to federal inspectors’ discovery of unsanitary conditions at the company’s Jarratt, Virginia, plant, the New York Post reported.
“Boar’s Head has taken a number of steps to responsibly address last year’s recall, including a series of concrete, organization-wide initiatives to further strengthen our food safety processes and protocols,” a company spokesperson told the Post in a statement. “This also includes working to reach agreements with consumers who were affected.
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