FDA cites sanitation issues in listeria outbreak - CNN.com

With our new classes just out of ServeSafe, I thought this was an interesting read about the listeria outbreak that continues unabated for the most part.  This was today's update from CNN.


FDA cites sanitation issues in listeria outbreak - CNN.com:

(CNN) -- Unsanitary conditions at a Colorado cantaloupe farm's packing facility are a possible contributing cause of one of the nation's worst outbreaks of listeria contamination in food, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, a Centers for Disease Control official said it is too early to declare the outbreak over, but the number of new cases appeared to be diminishing.

"The peak in illnesses appears to have occurred from late August until the middle of September," said Dr. Barbara Mahon of the CDC, who added that additional monitoring will be needed for at least another two weeks.