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Showing posts with label cantaloupes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cantaloupes. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Whole and Cut Cantaloupe Recalled for Potential Salmonella Contamination Discovered Through State Testing

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Meijer, in conjunction with Eagle Produce, LLC in Aguila, AZ., is recalling of whole cantaloupe and select cut cantaloupe fruit trays and bo...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Canada - CFIA Announces Recall of Canteloupes Due to Salmonella

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that Freshpoint of Vancouver is recalling Del Monte and Sysco cantaloupes after the Age...
Friday, August 7, 2015

FDA Listeria Sampling at Cantaloupe Packing Houses

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In a recent sampling of cantaloupe packing houses, FDA testing results found that while Listeria was present, there was little risk in the ...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Jensen brothers sentenced for selling Listeria-contaminated cantaloupes that killed 33 people

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The Jensen brothers were sentenced to five years' probation, including six months in home detention and a ordered to pay $150,000 in res...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Jensen brothers plead guilty, look to sue auditing firm

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Two interesting stories in The Packer (below) – the Jensen brothers arrested as part of the outbreak related to Listeria in cantaloupes ( ht...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Jenson Brothers, Growers of Tainted Canteloupes, Arrested

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The Jensen brothers, owners of the farm that grew and packed the Listeria tainted cantaloupes which were responsible for killing 33, have be...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Cantaloupes linked to Salmonella outbreak with over 140 ill

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UPDATE 8/22/12 Chamberlin Farm Produce has been identified as the grower of the cantaloupe responsible for the salmonella outbreak, now wit...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Burch Equipment of NC Expands Cantaloupe Recall and Now Includes Honeydew Melons

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Burch Equipment of North Carolina is now recalling all of this season's cantaloupes and honeydew melons due to possible contamination wi...
Sunday, August 5, 2012

NC Company Recalls Cantaloupes Due to Listeria

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Burch Equipment of North Carolina is recalling approximate 189,000 cantaloupes after a product tested positive for Listeria and a then follo...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Changing Times for Risk Management in the Food Supply Chain

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How much do you know and trust your food supply chain? David Acheson’s fine opinion piece (below) discusses the impact of the lawsuit again...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Revisiting Third Party Food Safety Audits

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Once again third party audits take heat for an outbreak, in this case, the Listeria outbreak in Jenson Farms Cantaloupes.. In the USA Toda...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

CDC lists Multistate Foodborne Outbreaks for 2011

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CDC has updated their Multistate Foodborne Outbreak listing for 2011 ( http://www.cdc.gov/outbreaknet/outbreaks.html ). This is a nice refe...
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Regrouping after Listeria on Cantaloupe

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One bad cantaloupe [farmer] can spoil the whole bunch….in the LA Times article (below), we see another example of negative impact on an enti...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Auditing and the Food Safety System - Post Listeria-in-Cantaloupe

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In the post-analysis of the Listeria outbreak related to cantaloupes, many have questioned how an auditor could have given passing scores to...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Update on Listeria contamination of cantaloupes

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There are currently 72 illnesses and 13 deaths reported to be linked to the Listeria contamination of Jensen Farms Cantaloupes.  This produc...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Listeria and Cantaloupes

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This is the first case of Listeria that has been reported to be related to Cantaloupes.   Cantaloupes have been related to other foodborne i...