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 Post subject: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:22 am 
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Linked to cantaloupes.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/09/27/death-toll-rises-to-13-in-listeria-outbreak-deadliest-in-decade/


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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:21 am 
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Old news to those of us in Colorado. ;)

We had to stop using it at the restaurant.

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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:22 am 
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Even though my state is not listed, taking no chances (at least in the melon dept), my cantaloupe is in the trash!


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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:26 am 
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they pulled the cantaloupe from the salad/fruit bar in the caf when the outbreak 1st started...have learned to like honeydew

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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:38 pm 
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Huh, I wondered why all the cantaloupe dissappeared from the farmer's market this week. Which was a shame, since that cantaloupe is from the Delta. On the bright side, we had a delicious honeydew after dinner.

I wonder how you can get listeria inside a cantaloupe?

And, just to keep a sense of proportion, I'll point out that an equal number of people died in car accidents in the USA in the last 3 hours. Yet it doesn't cause Americans to swear off cars ...

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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:28 am 
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Cantaloupe hasn't veen very good here (MO) this year. In fact, I quit buying it because it was so bad. I know there is absolutely no connection, just my $.02
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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:30 am 
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Does anyone know where listeria comes from? How does it enter our food supply?


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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:35 am 
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I bought a canteloupe yesterday, it's in my lunch and the kiddos today. News story this morning assuring Canadians that any US canteloupes sold here are not affected so I didn't pull them out.
Fuzzy, I was wondeing about the listeria too, I guess it's through the soil and/or water.


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:52 am 
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Lots of coverage here as Amy said...one newscast did say that if you scrub the rind vigorously with hot soapy water, you can get rid of the Lysteria.

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 Post subject: Re: Listeria Outbreak!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:10 am 
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I always scrub melons with a brush and hot soapy water. It's amazing how much dirt comes off of them, especially the cantaloupes.


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