liverwurst

[liv-er-wurst, -woorst, -woosht]

noun

1. a sausage made with a large percentage of liver, especially one made with pork liver and pork meat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of liverwurst¹

1865–70, half translation, half adoption of German Leberwurst

Example Sentences

Worse, this is a man who was fond of eating liverwurst, peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.

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Listeria contamination at a BrucePac processing plant this month and a deadly multistate outbreak linked to Boar’s Head liverwurst over the summer led to the sweeping recalls.

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As a result of the multistate outbreak, which sickened dozens of people and was linked to 10 deaths, Boar’s Head permanently discontinued its liverwurst product and shut down its Jarratt, Va., facility.

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Boar’s Head said an internal investigation revealed the “root cause” of the listeria contamination was a “production process that only existed at the Jarratt facility and was used only for liverwurst.”

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The company updated its recall just four days later after testing confirmed that the liverwurst was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and indeed the source of a multistate outbreak.

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Related Words

• bratwurst