The use of hot water as a method to decontaminate cantaloupe is more effective than various other washing and physical treatments tested to date. The work presented in a USDA article demonstrates the utility of surface pasteurization to greatly reduce levels of Salmonella from the surfaces of cantaloupes. In addition, heat penetration analysis coupled with… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011 by foodsafeguru
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued the final update Thursday and said the outbreak is over. The melons came from Jensen Farms in Colorado, which recalled the cantaloupes. According to the CDC, a total of 146 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes were reported to… [Read more…]
October 26, 2011 by foodsafeguru
Cantaloupe-related Listeria has killed 3 more and infected another 10 people, according to the CDC on Tuesday. The death toll has increased by three. Colorado, Kansas, and New York State each have one additional death. Colorado has had the most deaths with seven. Here are the statistics: Alabama: 1 infected Arkansas: 1 infected California: 2… [Read more…]
October 19, 2011 by foodsafeguru
FDA has identified the following factors as those that most likely contributed to the contamination of fresh, whole cantaloupe with the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, implicated in a 2011 multi-state outbreak of listeriosis which is still on-going. Here is a summary of the factors that the FDA found for causing the multi-state Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak. In… [Read more…]
October 18, 2011 by foodsafeguru
A total of 123 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported to CDC from 26 states. Pennsylvania has reported their first case since the last CDC update. Twenty five deaths have been reported. In addition, one woman pregnant at the time of illness had a miscarriage. The… [Read more…]
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