It has been almost three long years since dusty Holly, Colorado, became the epicenter of a Listeria monocytogenes human tragedy. Many are painfully aware that litigation has been ongoing since the fall of 2011. The litigation stems from one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history. At least
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Kroger Claims Primus Has Primary Liability for Deadly Listeria Outbreak
It was called an unusual move last year when the Colorado cantaloupe growers who relied upon the Primus Group sued their third-party food-safety auditor, claiming that the inspector the company sent them provided misleading advice and “erroneously” represented himself as having “professional” expertise. Last week, however, a third-party auditor being
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Cantaloupe Death Brings Another Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Louisiana’s 26th Judicial District Court in Bossier Parish on behalf of the estate of Francis Gilbert, who died after eating Colorado-grown cantaloupe last year that was contaminated with Listeria. The lawsuit, brought by the personal representative of the estate, Kathleen Buchanan, names
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Today: Walmart, Kroger, Primus. Tomorrow: You?
Last week, Jensen Farms, the grower of the cantaloupe implicated in the Listeria outbreak of 2011, filed for bankruptcy. Prominently listed in the filing were lawsuits associated with the outbreak, from which 146 people were sickened and 36 died. According to the Denver Post, Jensen’s attorney said the filing
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Serious Questions About Third-Party Audits
On Jan. 10, 2012, a Congressional House report was issued on the government’s investigation into the cantaloupe Listeria outbreak. The report provided some very interesting findings and lessons not only for and about Jensen Farms but for and about the industry as a whole.
Conducted by the Congressional Committee
Congressional Probe Finds Many to Blame for Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak
The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce might have substituted a photo for its brief investigation report, released Tuesday, on the outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection from contaminated cantaloupes at Colorado’s Jensen Farms.
That imaginary photograph would have brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen from Jensen Farms; Will Steele and
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Top Food Safety Stories of 2011: No. 2
America’s most deadly incidence of foodborne illness in a century was 2011’s second-most important food safety story — the outbreak of listeriosis linked to whole cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, CO, that spread over 28 states, infecting 146 mostly elderly Americans.
In its final report on the outbreak, issued Dec. 8, the
Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak Ends As Most Deadly in 100 Years
A 28-state Listeria outbreak is over, with the sad distinction of being the most deadly outbreak of foodborne illness in the United States in 100 years.
In the end, one out of every five of the victims died from the Listeria contamination spread by a locally grown but widely distributed
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A Sixth Lawsuit Filed in Cantaloupe Outbreak
An Oklahoma man who was hospitalized for a month after eating cantaloupe has filed a lawsuit against the grower and the distributor whose melons are at the center of the national outbreak of Listeria infection.
The suit was filed on behalf of Doyle Underwood, 68, of Smithville, OK, by the
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Fourth Lawsuit Filed Against Jensen Farms
A fourth lawsuit has been filed against Colorado-based Jensen Farms, whose Rocky Ford cantaloupe has been identified as the source of a multistate Listeria outbreak.
The lawsuit was filed in Canadian County District Court on behalf of the family of an Oklahoma man who died. The suit also names Frontera