A month before William Beach collapsed on his living room floor, an independent food safety auditor surveyed Jensen Farms. Inspector James DiIorio liked what he saw — he gave the Colorado cantaloupe grower a 96 percent “superior” rating on July 25, 2011.
Except some of the farm’s harvest that summer was poisonous, tainted with the pathogen listeria. In the following weeks, contaminated cantaloupe from Jensen Farms killed Beach and 32 others, sickening many more in the deadliest food poisoning outbreak in more than 25 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
