Two Colorado cantaloupe growers each pleaded guilty on Tuesday to six federal misdemeanor counts charged for introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce and criminal aiding and abetting. The pair will
Eric and Ryan Jensen have requested a “change of plea hearing” from the U.S. District Court in Denver, announcing through their attorneys that a disposition has been reached in
The two brothers charged in one of the nation’s most deadly outbreaks of foodborne illness will return to U.S. District Court in Denver on Oct. 22. Their trial
From August through October 2011, 147 people in 28 states were infected with Listeria monocytogenes after eating cantaloupe from Jensen Farms in Colorado. There were 33 deaths, and one pregnant
UPDATE: Brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen were brought into federal court in Denver on Thursday afternoon in shackles, but they walked out their arraignment as free men, at least until
I stopped being a fan of Alex Rodriquez years ago when he left the Mariners, so I was not that particularly bothered when he was banned from baseball for steroid
The Heeren Brothers Produce in Grand Rapids, MI, is recalling Athena cantaloupes that were distributed to local independent grocers, according to a local press report from WZZM. According to the
A few years ago, I was in Portland investigating an E. coli outbreak at a local restaurant. By happenstance, I met one of the recovering victims. He was a strapping
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
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a letter to cantaloupe producers Monday urging them to mind their food safety Ps and Qs this year after the two previous
Leafy greens, lettuce, cantaloupes, mangoes and strawberries. These are just some of the foods that have sickened or even killed people when they were contaminated with foodborne pathogens such as
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to Chamberlain Farms, Inc. this week, months after the Indiana farm’s cantaloupe was linked to a 24-state Salmonella outbreak