date:Aug 09, 2012
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MDP, which does about 80 percent of public produce testing for pathogens, was slated to be cut from the USDA's budget this year but, after considerable media attention, the program was granted a reprieve through the end of the year. MDP testing also recently sparked a large cantaloupe recall after finding Listeria monocytogenes -- nearly a year after the same bacteria contaminated Colorado cantaloupes and caused the deadliest foodborne illness outbreak in decades.
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