U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors found insects and slime at multiple Boar’s Head meat plants, according to newly released inspection records.
USDA inspectors reported seeing insects—some dead, and some alive—on more than a dozen occasions across multiple plants. In some instances, the insects were near meat.
Inspectors also recorded a host of other unsanitary practices, including meat residue, trash on scales, and “unidentified slime.”
“Upon entering the pickle vat pump out room, approximately 15-20 flies observed going in and out of the 4 vats of pickle left in the room,” an inspector wrote in one report after visiting a plant on June 10, 2024….