Senator Richard Blumenthal has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general has launched an internal investigation into the agency's handling of the recent deadly outbreak linked to contaminated products from the Boar's Head company.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's inspector general has started an internal investigation into the agency's handling of the deadly Boar's Head outbreak, Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said Tuesday. The Boar's Head outbreak, which has led to the deaths of at least 10 people and sickened dozens more, occurred after USDA inspectors turned up dozens of violations at the company's Jarratt, Virginia, plant.
'USDA took virtually no action — allowing Boar's Head to continue business as usual at its chronically unsanitary Virginia plant — despite finding repeated serious violations,' Blumenthal said in the statement. 'The IG investigation is a vital first step to assure accountability and prevent such deadly mistakes from happening again.'He described the USDA's handling of the plant's issues as an 'abject failure to protect consumers.
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