/tags/jensen-farms Jensen Farms en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT /health/2014-03-19/unpacking-lessons-from-colorados-cantaloupe-listeria-scare When Colorado cantaloupe laden with the deadly pathogen listeria killed more than 30 people in 2011, shockwaves rippled throughout the food industry. The… Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT /health/2014-03-19/unpacking-lessons-from-colorados-cantaloupe-listeria-scare Harvest Public Media /npr-news/2014-01-28/cantaloupe-farmers-get-probation-over-deadly-listeria-outbreak The 2011 outbreak killed 33 people in 28 states. The Colorado farmers were sentenced to five years probation and six months of home detention. Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:52:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-01-28/cantaloupe-farmers-get-probation-over-deadly-listeria-outbreak Eyder Peralta /health/2013-10-22/cantaloupe-farmers-plead-guilty-to-criminal-charges The Colorado farmers who distributed cantaloupes infected with listeria two years ago pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal charges Tuesday. Jensen… Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:01:15 GMT /health/2013-10-22/cantaloupe-farmers-plead-guilty-to-criminal-charges Harvest Public Media /npr-news/npr-news/2013-08-14/listeria-outbreak-still-haunts-colorados-cantaloupe-growers The contaminated fruit that killed 33 people and sickened at least 147 others in 2011 came from a farm 90 miles from Rocky Ford, Colo. But the town's many melon farmers took a huge hit nonetheless, and are still trying to convince the public their cantaloupes are safe. Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:05:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2013-08-14/listeria-outbreak-still-haunts-colorados-cantaloupe-growers Eric Whitney /environment/2013-04-30/the-curious-cases-of-contaminated-cantaloupes In the past couple years, cantaloupe has wound up in the headlines for the wrong reasons.If you’ve passed up tossing a cantaloupe into your grocery cart,… Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT /environment/2013-04-30/the-curious-cases-of-contaminated-cantaloupes Luke Runyon /health/2012-08-16/little-accountability-in-food-safety-audits The deadly listeria outbreak at Jensen Farms last fall illustrates wider failures in the private food safety auditing industry, an industry which operates… Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:10:10 GMT /health/2012-08-16/little-accountability-in-food-safety-audits Nat Rudarakanchana /business/2012-08-15/charges-loom-as-jensen-farms-listeria-investigation-nears-end Federal prosecutors are close to concluding a criminal investigation into last fall’s deadly listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupes grown at Jensen… Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:18:49 GMT /business/2012-08-15/charges-loom-as-jensen-farms-listeria-investigation-nears-end Nat Rudarakanchana /health/2011-10-19/fda-cites-cantaloupe-packing-facility-in-listeria-outbreak The Food and Drug Administration is reporting that conditions in Jensen Farms’ cantaloupe packing facility led to a listeria outbreak that has killed 25… Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:22:05 GMT /health/2011-10-19/fda-cites-cantaloupe-packing-facility-in-listeria-outbreak Grace Hood