date:Aug 18, 2012
and our government agencies to find these bad actors in order to protect consumers as well as the people who rely on the cantaloupe industry for their livelihood.
This outbreak comes one year after Listeria-contaminated cantaloupes grown at Colorado's Jensen Farms killed at least 33 and sickened 147, becoming one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history.
Approximately 2,400 acres of Indiana's 15 million acres of farmland are dedicated to growing cantaloupes, according to