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When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes

By Guest Contributor on December 9, 2018
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Food companies have been at the forefront of technological innovation and scientific research and development for decades upon decades. Cursory attention to the items we eat — how those items are grown, sourced, processed,…
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Letter From the Editor: The Fourth-Deadliest Outbreak in U.S. History

By Dan Flynn on March 8, 2015

When the news broke last month that a settlement was reached involving 66 victims of the 2011 Listeria outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupe, I remember thinking that I needed to go back and make sure…
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Kroger Claims Primus Has Primary Liability for Deadly Listeria Outbreak

By News Desk on June 9, 2014

It was called an unusual move last year when the Colorado cantaloupe growers who relied upon the Primus Group sued their third-party food-safety auditor, claiming that the inspector the company sent them provided misleading advice…
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Jensen Brothers Meeting Today With Families of Those Killed By Their Cantaloupes

By Dan Flynn on November 19, 2013

Family members of those killed in the 2011 cantaloupe Listeria outbreak met today in Denver with Eric and Ryan Jensen, the brothers who grew the contaminated cantaloupes thought to have caused the deaths. The pair…
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Is Pasteurization the Answer to Killer Cantaloupes?

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2012

Killer cantaloupes could kill the cantaloupe business, and thus something must be done to ensure the safety of these fruits. After Colorado cantaloupes were found to be at the center of the nation’s most deadly…
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Farm Linked to Cantaloupe Outbreak Is Likely Source of One, Possibly Two More Outbreaks

By Gretchen Goetz on September 13, 2012

The Indiana farm whose cantaloupes were deemed the likely source of a nationwide Salmonella Typhumurium outbreak last month is now the suspected source of at least one other Salmonella outbreak linked to its cantaloupes and…
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Few Walmart Stores Sold Chamberlain Cantaloupes

By James Andrews on September 5, 2012

A small number of Walmart stores in undisclosed states carried cantaloupes from Chamberlain Farms, the farm suspected to be the source of a Salmonella outbreak that killed 2 people and sickened at least 204 in…
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Publisher’s Platform: Tracking Cantaloupe Outbreaks

By Bill Marler on August 26, 2012

The Outbreak Database has come in handy to track just how often cantaloupes – and other foods – have caused problems.  Here is a sample platter of outbreaks linked to cantaloupe with links to citations:…
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Cantaloupe Outbreak: Some Retailers Identified, Others Not

By James Andrews on August 25, 2012

This article was updated on Sept. 4, 2012 to include additional information provided by a Wal Mart spokeswoman. One week following the announcement of the Salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupes grown by Chamberlain Farms in…
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Michigan Mom & Daughters Sue Wal-Mart for Bad Cantaloupes

By News Desk on August 23, 2012

A Michigan family has sued Wal-Mart for selling contaminated cantaloupe that’s involved in the multistate Salmonella outbreak.

The complaint was filed in Michigan’s Calhoun County Circuit Court on behalf of Battle Creek resident Angela Compton…
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