Boar’s Head Disaster Shows the Price of Deregulation
The listeria outbreak closed a plant. Plus: How international MBA students view the election.
The Boar’s Head processing plant in Virginia that was tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak.
Photographer: Steve Helber/AP Photo
The scandal at Boar’s Head, an American deli meat brand name, has been unfolding for months after a deadly listeria outbreak. As Businessweek’s Amanda Mull writes today, it’s part of a longer tail of an industry fighting successfully against regulations. Maybe a bit too successfully, it turns out. Plus: What international MBA students are thinking about the Harris-Trump presidential race, how German retirees were stung in a shipping container fraud and why the EV and battery industries are a big draw for vets.
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