Who the f*ck chose liverwurst?

ICWT News Brief — September 14, 2024

Uh oh… the boar’s head factory is shutting down. It’s shutting down!!!

In case you missed it, in recent weeks, Boar’s Head products have killed nine people and hospitalized at least 50 more, by passing bad cold cuts around town.

Boar’s Head seemed like the classiest of the disgusting lunch meat options. Now what am I going to do? Eat Dietz and Watson?

Upon reflection — eating dead animals is gonna be gross and infection inducing at some point… that’s why 260 people die of listeria every year. That said, it’s also usually delicious. But in this case, the outbreak was specifically tied to a production process for liverwurst that only occurred at the Jarratt, Virginia plant. Disgusting - every word of that sentence. Which begs the question: Why do we need liverwurst? Let’s be done with that food. There are enough foods. Forget the incompetence of the food safety officers at Boar’s Head… this is a business issue… this is about the company meat portfolio and not including the disgusting ones that actually sound like they will kill you, like liverwurst.

Unfortunately, the decision-makers at Boar’s Head caused a very real tragedy.

Like many other Americans, as I struggle to stick to my diet today, I hope America can use crises like this to reflect and embrace a future where there is at least one other similarly important to stuffing thine face and hoarding as much money as possible. Just one! There isn’t even another single one close right now. Maybe sex, but not really even. Most of everything is about getting rich and pigging out. That’s it. I just want another single activity in the same realm of popularity. Everybody talks about how great Europe is… well this is literally the only difference. Their whole day doesn’t revolve around getting rich and pigging out. That’s the only difference. Maybe one day, somebody in charge of something will try to make an adjustment, but who knows… All I know is that in this case, the combination of corporate greed and carnivorous gluttony reared its ugly head… and showed how deadly a combination it really is.

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