After almost every one of these food safety train wrecks, we learn that there was a “third-party” audit of the offending facility just before a bunch of people were poisoned
Brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen, owners of Jensen Farms, probably do not have to worry about criminal charges for the Listeria outbreak caused by the “Rocky Ford” cantaloupes they were
At least six people in Minnesota have Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to contaminated organic eggs.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said Wednesday
The farm at the center of the nation’s deadly Listeria outbreak did not follow established food safety practices in handling its fresh cantaloupes, federal officials said Wednesday.
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An outbreak of Q fever, carried by domestic goats, infected about 20 people in Montana and Washington state last spring, the federal Centers for Disease Control reported in its October
One of the nation’s largest fresh fruit and vegetable organizations, the Produce Marketing Association, just wrapped up its annual “Fresh Summit” in Atlanta with a warning from its chief
In its 11th update on the multistate outbreak of listeriosis linked to contaminated cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta
A combination of safety lapses inside the packing plant at Jensen Farms in Colorado likely led to the contamination of cantaloupes blamed for the nationwide outbreak of at least 123
It has been more than one month since Jensen Farms recalled its cantaloupes from the marketplace. By now, any melon that was not eaten, discarded or returned to the store
Big stories generate more news downstream that we have to start thinking about. The most deadly outbreak in 25 years is definitely going to have ripples of its own.
Those
Outbreaks caused by eating contaminated sprouts — “sproutbreaks” — have occurred every year in the United States since at least 1995. These episodes have taught us that sprouts are a risky food
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wednesday said the outbreak linked to Listeria-tainted cantaloupe has killed 23 of the 116 people sickened, and that four of the illnesses