The state inspectors were replaced by federal inspectors
"Boar’s Head is reopening its Jarratt, Virginia plant that produced the deli meats behind a fatal listeriosis outbreak in 2024; however, inspections of the facility are being taken over by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) directly, instead of being contracted out to state public health agencies as was done in the past."
https://www.food-safety.com/articles/10647-usda-taking-over-boars-head-inspections-from-state-officials-at-plant-responsible-for-outbreak
"Talmadge-Aiken plants (Federal-State Cooperative Inspection Plants) are meat and poultry plants in the United States in which state agency inspectors perform federal safety inspections." --Wikipedia
"The state inspectors were replaced by federal inspectors."
Boyce alleged that the government inspectors (they were state inspectors) who found 69 instances of “non-compliance“ at the plant over the past year were “too cozy” with the management there.
“There were six USDA officials (they were state officials) that I’d seen,” he told The Post, “and some were stricter than others and some were more lenient. It depended on the relationship, I think, with management.”
“The government found a bunch of deficiencies or deviations and I guess I was brought in as a preventive and a corrective measure,” Boyce said.
But when the sanitation veteran began to speak up and recommend certain changes, he lost his job, he claims.
“I wrote that ‘management was not committed to safety’ and two or three days later, the plant manager tells me I need to change my investigation,” Boyce alleged. “I said, ‘no.’”
https://narrative-news.com/boars-head-fired-sanitation-boss-at-listeria-laden-va-plant-after-he-flagged-health-safety-issues/"The state inspectors were replaced by federal inspectors."
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