Boar’s Head recalled 7 million pounds of deli meats in July, expanding an initial recall after a liverwurst sample tested positive for listeria. (WFSB 3 | MGN)
Newport News, Va.
A Virginia family shared they had to recently say goodbye to a loved one who died after eating deli meat from Boar’s Head.
Last month, Boar’s Head recalled 7 million pounds of deli meats after a liverwurst sample collected by health officials in Maryland tested positive for listeria.
The recall includes more than 70 products, including liverwurst, ham, beef salami and bologna made at the company’s plant in Virginia.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported earlier this month that a third person had died in connection to the listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats.
On Tuesday, WVEC reported that person was 88-year-old Gunter Garshon Morgenstein after speaking to his family.
“We’re all still in shock, for all of the things you know that he’s seen and been through in his life to come to that, you know, lunch meat,” his son, Garshon Morgenstein, told WVEC.
Garshon Morgenstein shared that his father grew up in Germany and was a Holocaust survivor.
He also said his father would enjoy eating lunch meat, including liverwurst, thanks to his European roots.
“He always ate lunch meat, always Boar’s Head,” Garshon Morgenstein shared. “I don’t eat liverwurst, but that was something that he ate and those types of things because he was European.”
According to the family, Gunter Garshon Morgenstein fell ill on July 8 and died 10 days later.
The man’s son said he reviewed his father’s shopping purchases and it included Boar’s Head deli meat.
The Morgenstein family shared they are actively pursuing legal action against Boar’s Head while warning others against buying the company’s deli meat.
The CDC reported on Aug. 8 that the recall alert of the Boar’s Head items remained active with 43 illnesses and three deaths connected to the meat that was distributed to stores nationwide.