There's closure in the investigation of a multistate outbreak of linked to cantaloupes.
The Food and Drug Administration says it found ,which causes the illness, in Jensen Farms Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe taken from a store in the Denver area. The bacteria were also found on equipment and cantaloupe at the company's packing facility.
FDA tests confirmed that Listeriafound in the samples matched a strain seen in the outbreak.
As the evidence piled up last week, the ."We are deeply saddened to learn that cantaloupes grown on our farm have been linked to the current Listeriaoutbreak," Ryan and Lisa Jensen on the company's website. "Our hearts go out to those individuals and their families who have been affected by this terrible situation."
The recalled cantaloupes were distributed to at least 17 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports showed 35 people in 10 states got sick in the listeria outbreak, a dozen of them in Colorado. Four people died.
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