Lawsuit · Settled

Boar’s Head pays $3.1M after listeria-tainted deli meat linked to 10 deaths

Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc.

Case

Defendant: Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc.
Plaintiff: Torres, and a class of U.S. consumers who bought recalled products
Court: U.S. District Court (Torres v. Boar’s Head Provisions Co. Inc., No. 1:24-cv-05405)
Filed: 2024
Status: Settled
Outcome: $3.1M class settlement (final approval Aug. 13, 2025); refunds to consumers, no admission of wrongdoing
Industry: Food

The Allegation

After Boar’s Head recalled more than 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat in July 2024 over a listeria outbreak (CDC linked 10 deaths and ~60 hospitalizations), consumers alleged the company failed to disclose contamination risk and that reasonable shoppers would not have bought the products had the risk been known. USDA later found “inadequate sanitation practices” at the Jarratt, Virginia facility contributed.

Scout Impact

A deadly contamination event at a major deli brand, resolved in litigation — squarely within Scout’s mandate to warn users about food contamination and corporate food-safety failures.