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Past Salmonella and Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreaks and Lawsuits

Bill Marler

Here is a sampling: Caito Foods Melon Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2018) Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2012) Del Monte Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Nationwide (2011) Susie Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington (2002) Viva Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington, California (..)

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Remembering another Deadly Cantaloupe Outbreak

Bill Marler

In 2011, a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections involving 5 distinct strains was associated with consumption of cantaloupe grown at Jensen Farms’ production fields in Granada, Colorado. Among persons for whom information is available, reported illness onset ranged from July 31, 2011 through October 27, 2011.

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A sampling of Cantaloupe Outbreaks and Lawsuits

Bill Marler

Here is a sampling: Caito Foods Melon Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2018) Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2012) Del Monte Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Nationwide (2011) Susie Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington (2002) Viva Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington, California (..)

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Ode to the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) – Its past time for a comeback

Bill Marler

It has been a long few weeks of long days, and more than a few nights, working on putting the cases together of the 22 injured people and the families of 20 who died in the 2011 Listeria cantaloupe outbreak that I represent. Did I tell you that the MDP costs us taxpayers only $5,000,000 per year?

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Raw Milk – A Sickening Elixir

Bill Marler

Organic Pastures Dairy Company (OPDC) & Raw Farm Recalls and Outbreaks 2006-2023 Started OPDC in 2000 [link] Changed name to Raw Farm LLC in 2020 Organic Pastures Dairy Company Recalls and Outbreaks September 2006 Raw Milk E.coli Outbreak: 6 ill/2 HUS [link] September 2007 Raw Cream Listeria Recall [link] December 2007 Raw Milk Campylobacter (..)

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Outbreak Database – Decades of Cantaloupe Outbreaks – Chemicals, Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli, Norovirus and Listeria

Bill Marler

2011 Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Panama Linked to De Monte Cantaloupe Del Monte Fresh Produce recalled whole cantaloupes after an epidemiologic link was found between the cantaloupe and an outbreak of Salmonella Panama. Illness onset dates ranged from June 6 to July 15, 2011. The cantaloupes were grown in Guatemala.

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What you needed to know BEFORE the Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak – You should have watched Poisoned

Bill Marler

Here is a sampling: Caito Foods Melon Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2018) Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2012) Del Monte Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Nationwide (2011) Susie Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington (2002) Viva Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington, California (..)