Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether a Boar's Head deli meat plant at the center of last year's deadly listeria outbreak will be fit to reopen.

Video above: Previous reporting on Boar's Head deli meat listeria outbreak

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, of Connecticut, sent a letter Monday asking company officials to appear before the Congressional Food Safety Caucus to discuss "a repeated pattern of food safety negligence that jeopardized Americans' public health."

The letter, signed by nine other Democrats, cited Associated Press reporting that described sanitation problems in recent months at Boar's Head plants in three states. It requests a response by Sept. 26.

Boar's Head officials have said they planned to reopen their plant in Jarratt, Virginia, in the coming months. The plant was

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