Twenty-two people who ate the cantaloupes from the Rocky Ford growing region in Colorado contracted listeriosis, including one person in Indiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control website. No illnesses have been reported in Illinois.
caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, according to the CDC. The illness causes fever, muscle aches and gastrointestinal symptoms and can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women, newborns or older adults.
The company is voluntarily recalling the cantaloupes, which were shipped from the Rocky Ford growing region of southern Colorado between July 29 and September 10, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Affected cantaloupes may be labeled “Colorado Grown, Distributed by Frontera Produce, USA, Pesticide Free, Jensenfarms.com, Sweet Rocky Fords” but not all recalled cantaloupes are labeled with a sticker, according to the FDA.
Consumers are urged to throw out the cantaloupes in a sealed container so that children, animals and wildlife can’t eat them, according to the FDA. Share
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