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Food Safety
See information below about a Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats.Food handling safety risks are more common than most people think. Each year, roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn what you can do as a consumer or food operator to keep food safe and lower the chance of food-related illnesses.
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Keeping Food Safe With Health Inspections
Environmental Health Specialist Ebonie Miller discusses health inspections for food trucks and temporary food vendors operating in Fairfax County and what you should look for when eating at these establishments.
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Food Inspection Reports
Find inspection reports for restaurants, fast food operations, delis, cafeterias and other types of food establishments.
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Food Safety Recalls
A food recall occurs when a food producer takes a product off the market because there is reason to believe that it may cause consumers to become ill.
Real-time notices of recalls and public health alerts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are listed here. Scroll through the items listed in the widget and click on the recall or alert for more information.
Recalls are very specific, meaning all information must match for a product to be considered part of a recall. If a product doesn't match all the information in the recall completely, then it is not considered part of the recall and is safe to use.
If the product details in the recall notice match the details on the food product you have at home, do not open or consume the product.
Food Safety Recalls
Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats
Boar's Head Provisions Co. Expands Recall for Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination. This 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-JUL-2024 through 17-OCT-24. View full product list. View labels.
The CDC Food Safety Alert, Listeria Outbreak Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis, will continue to be updated with the latest investigation details.
