Filthy conditions, aging equipment and haphazard cleaning at the Jarratt, Va., plant may have made some of its products microbial time bombs waiting to explode.

Boar’s Head Provisions, a deli meat supplier based in Virginia, issued a recall of several deli meat products in late July after they were linked to a multistate outbreak of listeria. The recall grew to include millions of pounds of affected products,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a serious health concern as the death toll from a listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meats has risen to ten. The outbreak has also resulted in at least 59 hospitalizations,