After listeriosis outbreaks in North America in recent years, the responsible parties involved usually responded with promises on their own to enact more stringent standards.
That’s definitely how Canada’s Maple Leaf Foods and Colorado’s Rocky
Continue Reading Tiger Brands wants new standards and food safety group
Back from Portland, OR, where the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) annual meeting was held this year, it’s natural to be thinking about the big things. This time of year, one that comes to
Continue Reading Letter From the Editor: They’re Not Thinking About It
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,
Continue Reading Colorado Celebrates Recovery of Rocky Ford Cantaloupes
Rocky Ford cantaloupes were not exactly rolled out as planned on Friday, July 13 for their first sales following last year’s deadly Listeria outbreak. Instead, the new Rocky Ford Growers Association (RFGA) opted to give
Continue Reading Rocky Ford Cantaloupes Are Back On Sale In Colorado
The few Colorado farmers who grow the same brand of cantaloupe implicated in last year’s Listeria outbreak — the most deadly outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. in decades — are falling into line
Continue Reading Colorado Changes Its Cantaloupe Growing Practices
There’s going to be an attempt to save a 120-year old brand in Colorado over the next year or so. It’s not one of those iron brands used in our cattle roundups, but the label
With the 26-state outbreak of listeriosis likely to become the most deadly foodborne illness outbreak in modern U.S. history, it might be understandable if Colorado told its cantaloupe growers just to plant something else next
Continue Reading Outbreak Not Over, But Cantaloupe Recovery Plan in Works
First came the state warning, then retail removals, next was the recall, followed by national warnings, and now the first lawsuit. The multi-state Listeria outbreak has played out this week like a carefully choreographed dance.
Continue Reading Lawsuit Filed In Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak
By the time the first recall was announced Wednesday, major retail chains had already removed all Colorado-grown cantaloupes from their shelves in the face of a deadly, multistate outbreak of Listeria infection.
Two days after
Continue Reading Cantaloupes Recalled in Deadly Listeria Outbreak
