Except that the problems there were going on for at least a year.
No, that is not what happened- look at this recent massive listeria outbreak and recall.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/food_label_pdf/2024-10/Recall-028-2024-Labels.pdf
Some of the brands that are part of this recall include: 7Eleven, Amazon Fresh, Amazon
Kitchen, Atkins, Bell & Evans, Boston Market, Central Eats, Dole, Eat!, El Monterey, Fresh
Express, Fusia, Giant Eagle, Gordon Choice, Good & Gather, Great Value, H-E-B, HMS,
Home Chef, Jenny Craig, KitchenMate, Kroger, Little Salad Bar, Marketside, Meijer, Michael
Angelo’s Gourmet Foods, Michelina’s, Mom’s Meals, RaceTrac, Raley’s, Ready Meals,
Red’s, Save Mart, Signature Select, Taylor Farms, Trader Joe’s, Udi’s, Wegmans, Whitsons.
and now, even waffles-
https://www.treehousefoods.com/news-and-media/press-release-details/2024/TreeHouse-Foods-Announces-Voluntary-Recall-of-Certain-Waffle-Products-Due-to-the-Potential-for-Listeria-monocytogenes-Contamination/default.aspx
Are you gonna refuse to eat anything from any of those now?
Did inspectors find mold on the equipment when they surveyed the plants after the listeria outbreak? If so, then yeah, i may pass on those brands.
Fun fact for my fellow North Carolinian Dopers: TreeHouse Foods is the current owner of what’s left of the Cates Pickle Company.
I just want to say that your post/username combo is absolutely divine.
There’s some blowback. Our largest local grocer just announced they were switching from Boar’s Head.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/schnucks-cuts-ties-with-boars-head-after-deadly-listeria-outbreak/
I can tell you from inside the supermarket business that this is a discussion a lot of chains are having.
I predict that the vast majority will stick with Boar’s Head.