Boar's Head shutdown : how inaction and oversight snowballed into catastrophe /

Boar's Head, a U.S.-based deli meat company, was forced to close down its Virginia facility after discovering that its products were contaminated with listeria. The controversy is largely attributable to Boar's Head continuing to run the plant despite an earlier health inspection report wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mehta, Simran (Author)
Corporate Author:	Sage Publications
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2024.
Series:	SAGE business cases.
Subjects:	Health risk assessment > Case studies. Crisis management > Case studies. Industrial safety > Case studies. Gestion de crise > Études de cas. Sécurité du travail > Études de cas. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Boar's Head, a U.S.-based deli meat company, was forced to close down its Virginia facility after discovering that its products were contaminated with listeria. The controversy is largely attributable to Boar's Head continuing to run the plant despite an earlier health inspection report warranting a full shutdown of the factory. This case study outlines the missteps by the company that resulted in the poor quality of products and subsequent infection, and how it sought to control the crisis in the aftermath of the outbreak.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
ISBN:	9781071984765 1071984764