You might want to check your fridge for any recalled deli meats sold at half a dozen Valley stores.

The Department of Agriculture has updated a list of stores and delicatessens that sold Boar's Head meats due to concerns over possible contamination.

Here are the names of the local stores from that list:

  • Beresford, 15765 Oh-170, Calcutta, Ohio
  • Lariccia Italian Market, 7438 Southern Blvd., Boardman, Ohio
  • Mr Ds Market, 7156 Warren Sharon Rd., Brookfield, Ohio
  • Store, 140 Superior Street, Newton Falls, Ohio (Name of the store not included in the list)
  • County Market, 49 Pine Grove Square, Grove City, Pennsylvania
  • Shenango Valley Meats, 1215 E. State St.. Sharon, Pennsylvania

In late July, Boar's Head Provisions Company expanded an earlier recall of deli meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said the expansion includes 71 products produced between May 10, 2024, and July 29, 2024, under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. These items include meat intended for slicing at retail delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold at retail locations. These products have “sell by” dates ranging from 29 July 2024 through 17-OCT-24. 

The products subject to recall were distributed to retail locations nationwide and bear establishment number “EST. 12612” or “P-12612” inside the USDA mark of inspection on the product labels.

The problem was discovered when FSIS was notified that a liverwurst sample collected by the Maryland Department of Health tested positive for L. monocytogenes. The Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with the Baltimore City Health Department, collected an unopened liverwurst product from a retail store for testing as part of an outbreak investigation of L. monocytogenes infections. Further testing determined the product sample tested positive for the outbreak strain.

As of July 30, 2024, 34 sick people have been identified in 13 states, including 33 hospitalizations and two deaths. Samples were collected from sick people from May 29, 2024, to July 12, 2024. The investigation is ongoing, and FSIS continues to work with the CDC and state partners.

Eating food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects people who are pregnant, aged 65 or older, or with weakened immune systems.

Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract.

In people who are pregnant, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections can occur in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the healthcare provider about eating the contaminated food.

FSIS is concerned that some products may be in consumers’ refrigerators and in retail deli cases. Consumers who have purchased the products are urged not to eat them and retailers are urged not to sell these products with the referenced sell-by dates.

The products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. Consumers who have purchased these products are also urged to clean refrigerators thoroughly to prevent the risk of cross-contamination.

FSIS recommends retail delis clean and sanitize all food and non-food surfaces and discard any open meats and cheeses in the deli.

A complete list of stores may be found here.