Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Listeria cantaloupe

  • 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)

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