date:Oct 15, 2018
hygiene and sanitary procedures were on par with or better than most other rockmelon-growing operations across Australia.
Despite this, heavy rains in December and dust storms that followed covered the farm's paddocks in dust, and significantly increased the amount of listeria on the fruit. Rockmelons on the farm were washed in a chlorine solution and scrubbed prior to packing.
The wash water was not recirculated, sanitiser was constantly monitored and applied through an auto-dosing system, a