Boar's Head, generally considered a premiere deli meat brand, continues to grapple with a listeria outbreak − the largest since the cantaloupe outbreak of 2011 − that has left 10 dead. As of late September,

Filthy conditions, aging equipment and haphazard cleaning at the Jarratt, Va., plant may have made some of its products microbial time bombs waiting to explode.

The numbers of infections and deaths in the multistate listeria outbreak have increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

NEW YORK -- A death in New York has been linked with a listeria outbreak connected to recalled Boar's Head deli meat, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. A total of 59 people have been hospitalized with the outbreak strain of bacteria in 19 states, and 10 of them have died.

A death in New York has been linked with a listeria outbreak connected to recalled Boar’s Head deli meat, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. A total of 59 people have been hospitalized with the outbreak strain of bacteria in 19 states,

The Boars Head food brand Thursday appointed an interim chief food safety adviser. The move comes after a Virginia Boar's Head plant was closed in September due to meat linked to a deadly listeria outbreak.

While the original alert was for all deli meats, the CDC investigation narrowed the outbreak to Boar’s Head products. Since then, the firm has recalled more than 207,000 pounds of ready-to-eat deli meat and poultry products.