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CDC confirms 13 dead in listeria cantaloupe outbreak
msnbc ^ | 9/27/2011 | JoNel Aleccia

Posted on 09/27/2011 9:43:56 PM PDT by Rabin

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For many patients, the disease can be treated with antibiotics.

The Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes from Jensen Farms were shipped from July 29 through Sept. 10 to Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.

Chuck em, Rab.

1 posted on 09/27/2011 9:44:04 PM PDT by Rabin
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To: Rabin

Rocky Ford cantaloupes are the very best. Not this year, though.


2 posted on 09/27/2011 10:02:04 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: Rabin

Thanks for the info. My Mom bought 2 last night and my Dad has littered the house with notes warning of the dangers...Of course, he never bothered to write down the brand.


3 posted on 09/27/2011 11:05:27 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Rabin

But .... But ..... The greenie-wienies, Vegans and health-nutz always tell us that fresh raw vegatables and fruit is the only safe food and all cooked meat and processed foods are evil.


5 posted on 09/28/2011 12:26:00 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
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To: Rabin

Always wash your cantelopes before you cut them. They can also transmit E-coli.


6 posted on 09/28/2011 4:46:31 AM PDT by Grammy
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To: fella

Following that line of thought, it would be nice to know if this was conventional or organic produce. I’m thinking conventional because if it were organic, the article would most likely have made sure to mention it.


7 posted on 09/28/2011 6:32:55 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (Still searching for the new tagline!)
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To: floralamiss

Do you need a hand washing your melons? ;-)


8 posted on 09/28/2011 6:37:31 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Rabin

Is this another ‘fertilizer’ issue?


9 posted on 09/28/2011 6:39:24 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Rabin

I read a year or two ago that Cantaloups were the “dirties” food you could buy. My wife always washes them with soap and water before cutting them up, then lets them dry, and never ever hold the rind while you eat, cut the fruit out of the rind, of course, we are not eating them currently.


10 posted on 09/28/2011 6:39:43 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Joe 6-pack

Cucumis melo and I do need a good hand... yes, most definitely.

You’ve got mail. :-)


11 posted on 09/28/2011 12:09:51 PM PDT by floralamiss
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To: Amberdawn

Just wash the outside of the cantaloupe before cutting into it.


12 posted on 09/28/2011 12:11:05 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: floralamiss
No problem...I have a high-powered, stainless steel, industrial strength melon washer..

;-)

13 posted on 09/28/2011 12:21:32 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Thanks. I know to wash the outside, but my Dad is 80 and worried about eating the two we bought.


14 posted on 09/28/2011 2:43:09 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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I know one of the people who was hospitalized in CO bought the store bought cut pieces.


15 posted on 09/28/2011 3:30:27 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit

I see. I hope they are alright.


16 posted on 09/28/2011 3:50:44 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Joe 6-pack

Well, some of those adjectives I can use. ;-)


17 posted on 09/28/2011 5:54:49 PM PDT by floralamiss
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To: floralamiss

Use whatever you’d like ;-)


18 posted on 09/28/2011 5:59:33 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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Oh, my. I so wrote that incorrectly. I READ that one of the cases in colorado was from precut cantaloupe....

sigh


19 posted on 09/28/2011 6:41:14 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Ooops. I READ it wrong! Either way, I hope they are O.K.


20 posted on 09/28/2011 9:25:11 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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