After an outbreak of foodborne illness caused by contaminated cantaloupe occurs, investigators are left to look at the fields, packing facilities and transportation used to grow, process and ship the melons. The most vulnerable of these could well turn out to be the trucks that move cantaloupe from the farm
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Michigan Mom & Daughters Sue Wal-Mart for Bad Cantaloupes
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 and her two children, who both were infected with Salmonella Typhimurium after eating cantaloupe they
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Indiana’s Chamberlain Farms Named As Source of Bad Cantaloupe
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Wednesday night announced a recall of cantaloupe grown by Chamberlain Farms located at Owensville, IN. Previously, FDA declined to name the cantaloupe farm involved in an ongoing outbreak of foodborne illnesses spreading across the country. Cantaloupe from Chamberlain Farms “may be one source”
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