That’s systematic and not easy to fix.

I used to occasionally get their turkey pastrami. No more.

This was when they were still in Smithfield. Just across the James. We used to play them in little league football.

Not the squeamish type. Compliance/oversight job. He said he almost threw up. It was bad. Smithfield itself assessed the situation (and probably with a sweet tax/land deal) moved the whole operation down to their massive plant just north of Tar Heel NC (population 90). They “process” 30,000 pigs….a day - everyday 365.

and found a few ways to cut corners on saniation without actually breaking any laws but which saved the company some bucks.

I hope he sampled the plant's wares and that key to the executive washroom came in handy when the listeria infection hit him.

I didn't like their turkey products. Their half sour pickles were so-so but the best I could do in New Mexico. I really miss half sours.

Got a deli roast beef sandwich once and it was so nasty I threw it away. I will not eat anything of it has a boars head label.

so not surprised by this.

... I remember when they were the best that money could buy, but that was years ago. Corporatists kill everything they touch. The phrase, "Our first responsibility is to our stockholders" should be banned. Their first responsibility is to be decent human beings, a relatively simple task at which these fuckers have failed miserably.

Mammon has replaced decency and the idea of a product one can be proud of...