date:Nov 08, 2012
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An example of FDAs withholding of retailer names is found in the 2011 Listerosis outbreak linked to cantaloupe. FDA reported that the contaminated cantaloupes had come from Jensen Farms in Colorado, but did not name any of the retail stores where the fruit was sold, despite the fact that potentially contaminated cantaloupes were likely still on store shelves.
FDA treats retail distribution as proprietary information and leaves it up to the company, during a recall, to release th