New Mexico Food Poisoning: Four Dead, Six Others Ill From Cantaloupe Listeria
Our Listeria lawyers are available for a free consultation regarding the New Mexico food poisoning cases of listeriosis that have killed four people and sickened six others since mid-August. DNA fingerprinting has linked five of these cases to Rocky Ford cantaloupe, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.
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The fatalities in New Mexico include two Bernalillo County men (Albuquerque area), ages 93 and 63, and a 61-year-old Curry County woman (Clovis area). The residence of the fourth victim who died has not yet been released. Those who became ill live in the following counties: Bernalillo, Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lea, and Otero counties. The severity of this outbreak has prompted national food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., to establish a claims center for individuals and families who are harmed.
The FDA is warning consumers not to eat Rocky Ford cantaloupe shipped by Jensen Farms. Jensen Farms is voluntarily recalling the Rocky Ford cantaloupe it shipped from July 29 through September 10, 2011, because it potentially may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the foodborne pathogen that causes listeriosis.
The potentially tainted melons were distributed to at least 17 states including: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
