Foodborne illness attorneys at Marler Clark believe that any product in the deli case that came near Boar's Head product may have been at risk for cross contamination and should be discarded.

It appears increasingly likely that we are approaching another major shift in food safety regulation. The shift in this case would be the declaration of Salmonella as an adulterant in raw meat and poultry.

As recently described in its 2017-22 five-year Strategic Plan, FSIS has announced it will begin to intensify inspections of retail delis as part of its new enforcement initiatives.

In recent years, there has been a substantial decrease in the number of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses linked to contaminated ground beef. As a result, there has been a significant decrease in the number of lawsuits filed by consumers relating to E. coli O157:H7 illnesses.

In the last few years, we have seen the public health community (and regulatory agencies) utilize a new microbial analytical method that will ultimately be a game changer — genome sequencing (GS).