""The totality of these issues demonstrate a repeated pattern of food safety negligence that jeopardized Americans' public health, and sadly, lives were lost," the lawmakers wrote in the letter. While calling the ongoing, repeated problems "appalling," they said they were "less than confident" that the Jarratt plant could safely reopen. "It seems your company continues to show a disregard for food safety and for the public health of the American people," they wrote."
""In our more than 120-year history, what happened at our Jarratt facility was the first time that such an event occurred. We moved quickly, aggressively and decisively in close collaboration with regulators and leading food safety experts to identify the root cause of the problem and implement enhancements to our food manufacturing nationwide to prevent something like this from ever happening again.""
Members of Congress said the totality of issues at Boar's Head's Jarratt plant reveal a repeated pattern of food-safety negligence that jeopardized Americans' public health and resulted in deaths. Lawmakers called the ongoing problems appalling and expressed less than confidence that the Jarratt plant could safely reopen. The letter requested that Chief Operating Officer Larry Helfant appear before the Congressional Food Safety Caucus, chaired by DeLauro, and answer questions, with a deadline of September 26 to respond. Boar's Head said the Jarratt event was a first in its 120-year history and that it acted quickly with regulators and experts to address the root cause. The company did not answer questions about congressional testimony or issues at other facilities.
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