Deaths after Listeria infection: Former cheese factory boss convicted. Former boss of the Gloggnitz cheese factory was accused of, among other things, negligent homicide.
However, the judgment is not yet legally binding. A strain of listeria bacteria was discovered in the Lower Austrian cheese factory, which, according to a report submitted to the court, was responsible for several dramatic illnesses. Five people died after consuming contaminated products at the cheese factory in Glog Gnitz, Austria.