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 22 states in July and August. No illnesses have been connected to cantaloupes purchased from
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Cantaloupe at the Crossroads
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 or vegetable is more safe, that means another is less safe, and then maybe they’ll
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Salmonella Strain Linked to Multistate Outbreak Found at Cantaloupe Farm
The strain of Salmonella that has now sickened 178 people in 21 states has been found on samples of cantaloupes from the southwestern Indiana farm previously suspected to be the source of the bacteria, confirming the link between the grower and the ongoing outbreak. Last week, the U.S. Food and
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CDC Adds 3 More Deaths to Toll of 2011 Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the official death toll of last year’s cantaloupe-linked Listeria outbreak from 30 to 33. Since the CDC issued its final outbreak report on December 8 2011, 3 more outbreak victims have died, but federal health officials had yet to confirm
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Cantaloupe Food Safety Solutions Leave Consumers Praying
Tim Chamberlain seems like a nice enough guy. According to the Indianapolis Star he started growing cantaloupe and watermelon on an acre of land and now, 30 years later, he and his wife, Mia, have built Chamberlain Farms into a midsized melon-growing operation, with 500 acres and about 20 employees.
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Letter From The Editor: The Recall Drill
Our estimable publisher, Bill Marler, is a never-ending fountain of wisdom and expertise. And I ignore most of it (just kidding boss!). However, I must admit, he did get me thinking a couple weeks back when he began drawing red lines on the epi curve charts that the federal Centers
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Cantaloupe Outbreak: Some Retailers Identified, Others Not
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 southwestern Indiana, some consumers are still expressing confusion over whether or not their local supermarkets
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Pew: Cantaloupe Outbreak Underscores Need for FSMA
The deadly Salmonella outbreak linked to Indiana-grown cantaloupe in 20 states is the latest in a series of foodborne illness crises that underscore the need to implement rules in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Pew Health Group told Food Safety News on Tuesday. Parts of FSMA — signed
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Farm at Center of Cantaloupe Outbreak Still Unnamed
Federal and state health officials investigating the ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to Indiana-grown cantaloupes have yet to name the farm suspected as the source four days after the outbreak’s announcement. The outbreak has taken the lives of two patients in Kentucky and sickened 141 nationwide, hospitalizing at least 31. But
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Colorado Celebrates Recovery of Rocky Ford Cantaloupes
ROCKY FORD, CO — The 135th annual Watermelon Day at the Arkansas Valley Fair was eclipsed by a statewide declaration of Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Day by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. No one seemed to care, however, as fairgoers were happy to celebrate the recovery of Rocky Ford cantaloupes as they
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