New Mexico Listeria Wrongful Death Linked to Cantaloupe: Free Consultation with Lawyer
Four people have died in New Mexico in an outbreak that has been linked to Rocky Ford cantaloupe grown in Colorado. Three of the fatalities in New Mexico include two Bernalillo County men (Albuquerque area), ages 93 and 63, and a 61-year-old Curry County woman (Clovis area). The residence of the fourth victim who died has not yet been released. Our attorneys are available for a free consultation regarding a wrongful death lawsuit against Jensen Farms, a grower of Rocky Ford cantaloupe, Frontera Produce of Edinburg, Texas, and others, including, depending on the facts of the case, a retailer or restaurant.
Retailers, including Safeway, Whole Foods, King Soopers, Albertson’s Walmart and others, voluntarily pulled Rocky Ford cantaloupes off shelves as soon as Rocky Ford cantaoupe were suspected in the outbreak. Jensen Farms recalled cantaloupe it had distributed through Frontera Produce to the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Illinois, Wyoming, Tennessee, Utah, Texas, Minnesota, Kansas, North Carolina, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
The whole cantaloupes in question were shipped between July 29th, 2011 and September 10th 2011, and distributed to the following states: IL, WY, TN, UT, TX, CO, MN, KS, NM, NC, MO, NE, OK, AZ, NJ, NY, PA. The whole cantaloupes have a green and white sticker that reads: Product of USA- Frontera Produce-Colorado Fresh-Rocky Ford-Cantaloupe or a gray, yellow, and green sticker that reads: Jensen Farms-Sweet Rocky Fords.
First Albuquerque and then New Mexico recalled all Rocky Ford cantaloupe, which is an area in Colorado where particularly sweet cantaloupe is grown.
The New Mexico Environment Department’s (NMED) Environmental Health Bureau, in conjunction with the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) issued a voluntary recall notice to all state produce retailers, requesting that any cantaloupe grown in the Rocky Ford growing area of southern Colorado be temporarily pulled from store shelves. The recall was prompted by a multistate listeriosis outbreak linked to Rocky Ford cantaloupe. Ongoing collaborative investigations by local, state, and federal public health and regulatory agencies indicate the likely source of the outbreak is a type of cantaloupe, called Rocky Ford cantaloupes, which are grown in the Rocky Ford region of southeastern Colorado. These cantaloupes were harvested in August and September, distributed widely in the United States. New Mexican residents should refrain from purchasing or handling cantaloupe grown in the Rocky Ford growing area.
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