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Cantaloupe outbreak is deadliest in a decade

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(AP) -- Health officials say as many as 16 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade.

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Listeria/Cantaloupe Death Toll Sets Record

webmd.com — “With 29 adult deaths, the ongoing outbreak of listeria food poisoning from tainted cantaloupe is the deadliest listeria outbreak in U.S. history. There were 18 adult and 10 newborn deaths in the 1985 listeria outbreak -- although that year there were 20 miscarriages, compared to one so far this year.View full resource at webmd.com

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cnn.com — “The number of deaths linked to a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe has risen to 29, the Centers for Disease Control reported Wednesday.View full resource at cnn.com

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Listeria-linked cantaloupe farm had rated high in audit - USATODAY.com

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Listeria Outbreak Was Caused By Unsanitary Equipment At Jensen Farms, FDA Report Says

huffingtonpost.com — “WASHINGTON — Pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean equipment at a Colorado farm's cantaloupe-packing facility were probably to blame for the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. Government investigators found positive samples of listeria bacteria on equipment in the Jensen Farms packing facility and on fruit that had been held there.View full resource at huffingtonpost.com

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FDA Blames Dirty Equipment, Stagnant Water For Listeria Outbreak | Fox News

foxnews.com — “In the most recent report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday, pools of stagnant water and old, hard-to-clean equipment at a Colorado farm's cantaloupe packing facility were blamed as the cause for the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in 25 yearsView full resource at foxnews.com

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CDC: Deadliest listeria outbreak in 25 years - USATODAY.com

yourlife.usatoday.com — “An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is now linked to 23 deaths in the U.S., making it the deadliest known outbreak of food-borne illness in more than 25 years.View full resource at yourlife.usatoday.com

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CDC: 21 dead, 109 sick as cantaloupe outbreak grows - Health - Food safety - msnbc.com

msnbc.msn.com — “An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has sickened at least 109 people and led to 21 deaths, tying for the deadliest food poisoning toll in more than a decade, federal health officials said Friday. View full resource at msnbc.msn.com

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Listeria does not grow on cantaloupes: Why the 'deadliest food outbreak' of the decade is yet another food scare campaign

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Killer cantaloupe, scary sprouts — what to do?

health.yahoo.net — “Avoid foreign produce. Wash and peel your fruit. Keep it refrigerated. None of these common tips would have guaranteed your safety from the deadliest food outbreak in a decade, the one involving cantaloupes from Colorado.View full resource at health.yahoo.net

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Deadly Cantaloupes Have Colorado Scientists Searching for Clues - Businessweek

businessweek.com — “Colorado scientists are working to pinpoint how melons linked to the deadliest U.S. outbreak of food-borne illness since 1998 became contaminated.View full resource at businessweek.com

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Beef, Cantaloupe Recalls: Tips for Preventing E. Coli, Listeriosis - ABC News

abcnews.go.com — “Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling 131,000 pounds of ground beef that may have been contaminated with E. coli, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture officials said today. This comes on the heels of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s assessment Wednesday that the outbreak of listeria among cantaloupe from Colorado’s Jensen Farms has been the deadliest in a decade. The CDC put the death toll from listeria at 13, while 72 people have been infected. TView full resource at abcnews.go.com

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