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Boar's Head recall triggers USDA watchdog probe into agency's handling of deadly listeria outbreak

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The Boar's Head outbreak has killed at least 10 people and sickened dozens more.

The inspector general is an independent unit of the USDA charged with uncovering problems at the agency.

Senator Richard Blumenthal says the USDA 's handling of the plant's issues was an "abject failure to protect consumers".

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