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FDA confirms Listeria monocytogenes on Jensen Farms Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes


FDA confirms Listeria monocytogenes on Jensen Farms Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes
Today, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it found Listeria monocytogenes in samples of Jensen Farms Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe taken from a Denver-area store and on samples taken from equipment and cantaloupe at the Jensen Farms packing facility. Tests confirmed that the Listeria monocytogenes found in the samples matches one of the three different strains of Listeria monocytogenes associated with the multi-state outbreak of listeriosis.
 

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