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Health See other Health Articles Title: Cantaloupe Farmer Calls It Quits After Surviving Listeria Recall This Summer Consumers may find it difficult to keep track of all the food recalls initiated this summer season. Despite growers’ and manufacturers’ best efforts, lettuce, mangoes, cantaloupes, and even licorice were all found at one point or another to be harbingers of some sort of contamination. One particular listeria recall from June focused on 580 crates of cantaloupes from Burch Farms, reports The Packer. Luckily, in that case, all containers made their way back to the farm and no consumers fell ill from the fruit. Nonetheless, Burch Farms just announced this week that it will no longer grow cantaloupes, citing that the risk of contamination is just too high. Jimmy Burch, co-owner of Burch Farms told the site, “That part of our life is over with. We will let someone else raise the cantaloupe. We have already towed the equipment out of the building. It’s not worth the liability.” Burch Farms mostly grows sweet potatoes and greens, and will stay focused on those harvests. The FDA launched the listeria recall on June 27, despite what Burch states were the farm’s best efforts to prevent contamination of any kind. He explained, ”I thought we were covered. We thought we were good to go. Our equipment was calibrated.” He also stated that the farm practiced proper sanitation protocol with the fruit, including washing it in Sanidate. Nonetheless, a random FDA test found listeria in some of the produce, prompting distributed cases of it to be recalled from New York’s Hannaford supermarkets. Mr. Burch reported that though he’s relieved no one was sickened by the farm’s cantaloupe, he’s concerned an outbreak could happen again. The Food and Drug Administration reported to The Packer that the Burch Farms case is still being investigated. In the meantime, all cantaloupes from that farm have long since disappeared from store shelves. The FDA recommends that consumers eating melons from any farm practice safe habits such as scrubbing the rinds thoroughly before cutting open the fruit, and keeping melons refrigerated. For a full list of safety precautions, consumers are encouraged to visit the FDA’s listeria prevention page. And, to stay on top of all recalls, fruit-related or otherwise, visit the agency’s easy-to-use recall search site. Poster Comment: Well, it's one way to get the price of this produce up. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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