More Deaths Confirmed from Cantaloupes in Listeria Outbreak
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Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- In what's been deemed by public health officials as the deadliest outbreak of food-borne illness in more than a decade, the number of people sickened by listeria-tainted cantaloupes has gone up yet again.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Tuesday that 100 illnesses, including 18 deaths, have now been reported; that’s up from the 15 deaths and 84 illnesses that were confirmed on Friday.
Illnesses from the recalled melons, which came from Jensen Farms in Colorado and were sold under the name Rocky Ford cantaloupes, have been reported in 20 states: Colorado (5), Kansas (2), Maryland (1), Missouri (1), Nebraska (1), New Mexico (5), Oklahoma (1), and Texas (2).
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