Listeria Deaths Added in KS, CO, MO
The Listeria death toll in the Jensen Farms cantaloupe outbreak has risen to 28, a grim tally that includes newly confirmed cantaloupe Listeria fatalities in Kansas, Colorado and Missouri. The latest figures were provided in a Listeria outbreak update by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ten additional illnesses were confirmed by CDC since the last update was provided October 18. Now there are 133 confirmed illnesses in 26 states. In addition, there has been a loss of life due to miscarriage and officials are closely monitoring at least two other pregnancies where the mother is poisoned by cantaloupe Listeria.
Cantaloupe lawsuit case consultations are available at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) from Listeria lawyers at PritzkerOlsen, P.A., a national food safety law firm. Founder and president Fred Pritzker currently represents victims in this outbreak, including the families of two people who died. Pritzker was featured prominently in a newspaper account of the outbreak published by The Christian Science Monitor and he has spent years actively involved in efforts to prevent outbreaks of foodborne illness. Leave your contact information and Fred or another attorney in the office will call you. Mr. Pritzker headed Listeria litigation in 2002 that resulted in several multi-million dollar settlements. That was the last time a Listeria outbreak in the U.S. caused multiple deaths and was solved by public health investigators.
From the CDC's October 25, 2011, UPDATE on the Jensen Farms Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak, here is a national picture of where the outbreak has spread:
