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California Cantaloupe Producers Self-impose Food Safety Rules

By Gretchen Goetz on June 13, 2013

California’s cantaloupe producers will face a new set of food safety rules this season — rules they are imposing on themselves. In an unprecedented move for the state’s produce industry, California cantaloupe handlers have elected…
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Cantaloupe at the Crossroads

By The Packer on September 4, 2012

The unwritten rule in the produce industry is that a company should not market its product as safer than a competitor’s. The thinking is that once consumers get it in their heads that a fruit…
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Cantaloupe Food Safety 101

By Cookson Beecher on August 22, 2012

“OMG. Not cantaloupes again.” That’s what many consumers are saying about the recent back-to-back news this summer. First it was an all-season recall, then a deadly foodborne illness outbreak, both linked to contaminated cantaloupes. It…
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CA Writes Food Safety Standards for Cantaloupes

By Cookson Beecher on June 27, 2012

California cantaloupes will soon come with the assurance that they meet strict food safety standards, thanks to a mandatory statewide program that includes both announced and unannounced inspections and certification under government oversight. The plan…
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Hot Water Bath Eliminates Pathogens on Cantaloupe

By James Andrews on February 13, 2012

The 2011 outbreak of Listeria monocytogenesis in cantaloupe sparked a heightened level of interest in efforts to make cantaloupe safer, with fruit and produce trade associations developing safety guidelines and California cantaloupe growers pushing to…
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Cantaloupe Safety 101

By Cookson Beecher on September 26, 2011

The whole cantaloupes now available in the stores are safe to eat — as long as basic food-safety practices are followed — and they have no connection with the Listeria-contaminated cantaloupes that as of Sept. …
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