date:May 14, 2014
roup Inc, distributor Frontera Produce and other retailers that sold the cantaloupe. Also, the Jensens are suing Primus.
Brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen owned Jensen Farms in Holly, CO, where they grew the cantaloupe that sickened at least 147 people with Listeria and killed more than 30, making it one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history.
The case was a landmark in foodborne illness litigation, becoming one of the first instances in which food producers faced criminal ch