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Cantaloupes rot in the afternoon heat on a field on the Jensen Farms near Holly, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011
Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011

Open quoteThis is the deadliest outbreak of a foodborne disease that we've identified in more than a decade.Close quote

  • THOMAS FRIEDEN,
  • director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on the scores of illnesses and 13 deaths linked to cantaloupes contaminated with listeria
Photo: Ed Andrieski / AP | Source: USA Today