I have been following the rise in listeria illnesses and deaths linked to cantaloupe. So far, the outbreak has caused at least 72 illnesses, ncluding up to 16 deaths in 18 states, making it the deadliest food outbreak in the United States.
The heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said "Consumers who have cantaloupes produced by Jensen Farms in Colorado should throw them out. If they are not sure where the fruit is from, they shouldn’t eat it."
The contaminated canteloupe has been found in 25 states, more than the no. of states Jensen Farms shipped to because many stores resell the product. The company said it shipped out more than 300,000 cases of cantaloupes that contained five to 15 melons, meaning the recall involved 1.5 million to 4.5 million pieces of fruit. Now, that's a lot of fruit!!
Interestingly, I have a canteloupe that is so ripe it makes your mouth water just looking at it.
I brought it from Trader Joe's last week. I was planning to eat it for dinner today before my workout. But, I don't believe it's worth the risk. So, in the trash it goes...Man! that hurts!
What are you doing with your canteloupes?
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I had two bouts of diarrhea that lasted about a week each accompanied with fever of around 100 F.
Both happened after eating melon, one time in June, and one time in September. I had two melons left that I threw out and I will not be buying any more until next season.
This year, in the USA and Mexico, there have been a lot of problems with the melons most probably due to rain and polluted run off from surrounding farms. Melons including water melon have been contaminated with ecoli and bacteria.
Germ theory does exist people, and you can get sick. 811 lfrv may decrease your risks, but the risk is still there. I highly recommend you throw away all of your melons, and do not buy any until next season.
Peace, PK
Well that powerpoint quote doesn't say listeria isn't found in fruits... I'm not sure what your point is? True it's usually found in uncooked meat and dairy BUT cantaloupe are actually susceptible to it as well. Listeria is found in the actual soil and animals can also be carriers.
The listeria outbreak currently going on in cantaloupe isn't a fungus it's a bacteria.
Are you saying you think there's a conspiracy going on to make people believe the cantaloupes are infested with listeria when they're not?
last week on a day i had eaten some cantaloupe i vomited for hours, it was actually so bad that i was throwing up blood/dry heaving by the end cuz obviously there was nothing left, whatever it was, my body didn't want it hanging around lol...i had heard earlier about the listeria outbreak, so i thought it might have been the cause, but i didn't think i would show symptoms from listeria that quickly (i don't really know too much about that) although i had eaten some lopes earlier that week
even after that horrible experience though i would still eat some cantaloupe, sickness doesn't scare me, i have a super-human immune system ya dig? (although i might be slightly hesitant to buy any that came from the west coast just to be on the safe side ;)
I think you're better safe than sorry! Even though the chances of you getting sick are super low, you can never be too careful.
When things like this get in the news, I always feel irritated that they blame the fruit instead of the thing that contaminated the fruit. It was probably poor animal farm practices up the road that contaminated the lopes, but that will probably never get publicly emphasized so that people will stay happy eating their dead animal carcasses without question.
No offense intended but....
It's NOT just elderly people getting sick and dying. The youngest was 35 yrs old. Pregnant women and children are also more susceptible to listeria.
Listeria can most certainly contaminate fruit... I think your remembering your class wrong.
And calling this "fear mongering" would imply needlessly raising concern over an issue. People are getting sick and dying therefore raising concern and warning others is hardly needless, so I'm not sure how that fits as fear mongering?