FDA: Listeria on Jensen Farms Cantaloupe, Packing Equipment is a Match
Samples of Listeria monocytogenes taken from packing equipment and cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Holly, Colo. match one of the three different strains of Listeria monocytogenes associated with the multi-state outbreak of listeriosis, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed in a press release.
Jensen Farms recalled its Rocky Ford cantaloupes on September 14 in response to the outbreak which has stricken 35 people in 10 states, including four deaths, according to the latest update form the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
After state health officials identified Rocky Ford cantaloupes from Jensen Farms as the common food eaten by several listeriosis patients, FDA investigators collected cantaloupes and environmental samples from a Denver-area store and from the Jensen Farms packing facility in Granada, Colo., according to the release.
The FDA’s investigation includes federal and state microbiologists, environmental health specialists, veterinarians and investigative officers, according to the release. The experts will now analyze the evidence to determine the most likely cause of contamination and identify measures to help prevent future contaminations.
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Our Listeria attorneys represent clients throughout the United States in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against growers, distributors, manufacturers, processors, retailers, restaurants and others. People have been sickened by cantaloupe in the following states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (probable while awaiting the results of testing), Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming (probable).
Source:http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm272527.htm
