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What is it with Cantaloupe and Bacteria?

Bill Marler

Like players and the baseball industry, incentives are wrong with cantaloupe growers – actually all food – and the retail industry. In 2011, Listeria -tainted cantaloupes grown in Eastern Colorado sickened 147 in two dozen states, killing at least 33. The farm, as with most food audits, got a superior rating of 96%.

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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Feed Company Responsible for Cattle Death Due to Super Potent Concentration of Monensin

Penn State Food Safety Blog

FDA issued a Warning Letter after an investigation "conducted as a follow-up to a Reportable Food Registry (RFR) report regarding suspected monensin poisoning from a medicated feed that resulted in numerous cattle deaths". On January 10, 2023, you initiated a voluntary Class I recall of this animal food due to excessive monensin.

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