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Owner of farm where listeria outbreak originated faces labor charges
January 19, 2012 3:05 PM
The owner of the southeastern Colorado farm where the listeria outbreak was pinpointed last year faces new charges from the U.S. Department of Labor. The departrments Wage and Hour Division has fined cantaloupe grower Eric Jensen, who owns and operates Jensen Farms in Holly, $4,250 in civil money penalties... more » -
Two new listeria deaths in Colorado linked to tainted cantaloupe
October 4, 2011 5:22 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials have raised the death toll to 18 in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that they have confirmed 100 illnesses in 20 states. That includes the 18 deaths. The agency said it has confirmed... more » -
Investigation into Listeria outbreak continues
September 30, 2011 7:19 PM
A third person has died of Listeria in Colorado after eating cantaloupe from Jensen Farms; it puts the nationwide death toll to as many at 17 people. The CDC also updated the number of those infected today to 84 in 19 states, and that number could continue to go up... more » -
Voluntary recall issued for Jensen Farms cantaloupe
September 15, 2011 8:31 AM
HOLLY, Colo. (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to eat cantaloupes from a southeastern Colorado farm after the farm issued a voluntary recall. Jensen Farms spokeswoman Amy Philpott said Thursday one of the farm's Rocky Ford cantaloupes tested positive for Listeria, but more tests... more »
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