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# Publisher's Platform: Listeria Cantaloupe No. 2
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/10/publishers-platform-listeria-cantaloupe-no-2-1/
- Published: 2011-10-09T01:59:01.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-09T01:59:01.000Z
- Author: Bill Marler
- Tags: Foodborne Illness Outbreaks, bagged salad, cantaloupe, Jensen Farms, Listeria, outbreak, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 09:53

With 109 sickened and 21 deaths, the [Jensen](http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/index.html?ref=foodsafetynews.com) Farms Frontera Listeria Outbreakis now tied as the second-most deadly foodborne illness outbreak in the United States. The numbers of ill and dead are expected to increase in this recent [listeria outbreak](http://www.about-listeria.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com), which has impacted 24 states.

Here is a list of not the largest, but the deadliest outbreaks in the U.S.:

**[Jalisco’s Listeria Outbreak](http://outbreakdatabase.com/details/jalisco-products-inc.-queso-fresco-and-cotija-cheeses-1985/?organism=Listeria+monocytogenes&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

January 1985

Vehicle: cheese

Number ill: 142

Deaths: 29

**[Bil Mar Foods Ready-to-eat Meats Listeria Outbreak](http://outbreakdatabase.com/details/bil-mar-foods-ready-to-eat-meats-1998/?organism=Listeria+monocytogenes&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

January 1998

Vehicle: deli and cured meats

Number ill: 101

Deaths: 21

**[Jensen Farms Frontera Listeria Outbreak](http://www.outbreakdatabase.com/details/jensen-farms-rocky-ford-cantaloupe-2011/?outbreak=jensen&organism=Listeria+monocytogenes&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

September 2011 – ONGOING

Vehicle: whole cantaloupe

Number ill: 109

Deaths: 21

**[Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Salmonella Outbreak](http://outbreakdatabase.com/details/peanut-corporation-of-america-peanut-butter-and-peanut-butter-containing-products-2008/?vehicle=peanut&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

September 2008

Vehicle: Peanuts and peanut butter

Number ill: 716

Deaths: 9

**Pilgrim’s Pride Listeria Outbreak**

July 2002

Vehicle: deli meats

Number ill: 54

Deaths: 8

**[Dole Brand Natural Selections Bagged Spinach E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak](http://outbreakdatabase.com/details/dole-brand-natural-selection-foods-bagged-spinach-2006/?outbreak=natural+selection&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

August 2006

Vehicle: spinach

Number ill: 238

Deaths: 5

**[SanGar Produce Listeria Outbreak](http://www.outbreakdatabase.com/details/sangar-produce-processing-company-chopped-celery-2010/?organism=Listeria+monocytogenes&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

January 2010

Vehicle: celery

Number ill: 10

Deaths: 5

**[Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak](http://www.outbreakdatabase.com/details/jack-in-the-box-restaurant-chain-ground-beef-hamburgers-1993/?outbreak=%22jack+in+the+box%22&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

November 1992

Vehicle: ground beef

Number ill: 708

Deaths: 4

**[Chi-Chi’s Hepatitis A Outbreak](http://www.outbreakdatabase.com/details/chi-chis-restaurant-2003/?organism=Hepatitis&vehicle=green+onions&ref=foodsafetynews.com)**

October 2003

Vehicle: green onions

Number ill: 660

Deaths: 4

Thanks to [www.outbreakdatabase.com](http://www.outbreakdatabase.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com).