- A listeria outbreak that killed 30 people and sickened another 146 may have been avoided if a Colorado cantaloupe processor had followed U.S. guidelines and washed the fruit in chlorinated water, a congressional investigation found. (Bloomberg)
- A Congressional committee investigating deaths from the Colorado cantaloupe listeria outbreak points fingers at Jensen Farms, third-party auditors, and lax FDA regulations on sanitation. The U.S. (Denver Post)
- Reporting from Mendota, Calif. — A tragedy 1,300 miles away changed a way of life in this Central California farm town that proudly calls itself the Cantaloupe Center of the World. (Los Angeles Times)
- Cornell researchers have identified a compound called fluoro-phenyl-styrene-sulfonamide (FPSS) that is safe for mammals but stops Listeria in its tracks. (PhysOrg)
- (AP) - The family of a 92-year-old Kansas City man who died after eating contaminated cantaloupe is suing for wrongful death. Relatives of Paul A. (KTTS)
- Although the Listeria cantaloupe contamination and infection outbreak of 2011 is officially over according to officials from the CDC, this does not mean that Listeria is no longer a concern the next time you choose produce from your local supermarket. (eMaxHealth.com)
- One of the bigger national stories of 2011 reached our community in September, when a Sheridan County woman died as a result of eating a Listeria-tainted cantaloupe. (Sheridan Media)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Listeria cantaloupe
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