USDA Find Insects and Slime at Boar’s Head Plants: Inspection Records

Inspectors reported unsanitary practices across three plants. Records from a plant in Holland, Michigan, do not show similar problems.

A Boar's Head logo at a bodega in New York on Aug. 30, 2024. Stephanie Nano/AP Photo

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors found insects and slime at multiple Boar’s Head meat plants, according to newly released inspection records.

USDA inspectors reported seeing insects—some dead, and some alive—on more than a dozen occasions across multiple plants. In some instances, the insects were near meat.