Outbreak: Colorado Cantaloupe Listeria | |
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Product: Jensen Farms (Colorado) “Rocky Ford” cantaloupe | Investigation Start Date: 8/29/2011 |
Location: Multi-state | Etiology: Listeria monocytogenes |
Earliest known case onset date: 7/31/2011 | Latest case onset date: 10/27/2011 |
Confirmed Case Count: 147 | Positive Environmental/Food Samples: 12 / 22 |
Hospitalizations: 143 | Deaths: 33 |
OUTBREAK SUMMARY:
In 2011 a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infected 147 people, including 143 hospitalizations and 33 deaths. Illnesses were associated with Colorado cantaloupes marketed as “Rocky Ford” grown at Jensen Farms.