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Re: Deaths from Listeria in Cantaloupes Total 14?
Re: Deaths from Listeria in Cantaloupes Total 14?
DALLAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
2377 North Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75207-2710
214-819-6329 office
214-819-6095 fax
ZACHARY THOMPSON DR. STEVE WILSON DIRECTOR MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Contact: Blanca Cantu ? 214-819-6329 Zachary Thompson ? 214-755-9299
214-394-8109
For Immediate Release ? September 26, 2011
Fourth Dallas County resident linked to listeria outbreak died
Dallas County Health and Human Services officials received notification today that a fourth case of listeria in Dallas County is linked to the multistate investigation of illness caused by contaminated cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado.
An 89-year-old Dallas County resident was sickened with listeriosis and was hospitalized. The patient has since died.
For medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons, DCHHS will not provide additional identifying information related to the case.
There are no other pending cases of listeria in Dallas County.
Dallas County residents have been advised not to consume Rocky Ford cantaloupes shipped from Jensen Farms because they could have possibly been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause severe illness.
Shipments of these particular cantaloupes were made between July 29, 2011 and Sept. 10, 2011 and distributed to 17 states, including Texas.
Dallas-area retailers received shipments within the last month, but they have since been recalled.
Because listeria bacteria can grow at room temperature and in the refrigerator, it is important to sanitize countertops and vegetable drawers where the fruit may have been stored.
Any person who develops symptoms of gastrointestinal illness, accompanied by fever, who may have ingested cantaloupe from Jensen Farms should seek medical attention.
http://www.dallascounty.org/department/hhs/press/documents/092611ListeriaFourthCase.pdf
Also see:
<TABLE id=rows class=alternate_rows border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width="90%" align=center><TBODY><TR class=" odd"><TD>Third Dallas County case linked to listeria outbreak (September 23, 2011) </TD></TR><TR class=" even"><TD>Two Dallas County cases linked to listeria outbreak (September 21, 2011) </TD></TR><TR class=" odd"><TD>Recalled cantaloupe linked to listeria outbreak distributed in Dallas-area (September 16, 2011)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://www.dallascounty.org/department/hhs/press/11press.html
Re: Deaths from Listeria in Cantaloupes Total 14?
DALLAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
2377 North Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75207-2710
214-819-6329 office
214-819-6095 fax
ZACHARY THOMPSON DR. STEVE WILSON DIRECTOR MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Contact: Blanca Cantu ? 214-819-6329 Zachary Thompson ? 214-755-9299
214-394-8109
For Immediate Release ? September 26, 2011
Fourth Dallas County resident linked to listeria outbreak died
Dallas County Health and Human Services officials received notification today that a fourth case of listeria in Dallas County is linked to the multistate investigation of illness caused by contaminated cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado.
An 89-year-old Dallas County resident was sickened with listeriosis and was hospitalized. The patient has since died.
For medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons, DCHHS will not provide additional identifying information related to the case.
There are no other pending cases of listeria in Dallas County.
Dallas County residents have been advised not to consume Rocky Ford cantaloupes shipped from Jensen Farms because they could have possibly been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause severe illness.
Shipments of these particular cantaloupes were made between July 29, 2011 and Sept. 10, 2011 and distributed to 17 states, including Texas.
Dallas-area retailers received shipments within the last month, but they have since been recalled.
Because listeria bacteria can grow at room temperature and in the refrigerator, it is important to sanitize countertops and vegetable drawers where the fruit may have been stored.
Any person who develops symptoms of gastrointestinal illness, accompanied by fever, who may have ingested cantaloupe from Jensen Farms should seek medical attention.
http://www.dallascounty.org/department/hhs/press/documents/092611ListeriaFourthCase.pdf
Also see:
<TABLE id=rows class=alternate_rows border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width="90%" align=center><TBODY><TR class=" odd"><TD>Third Dallas County case linked to listeria outbreak (September 23, 2011) </TD></TR><TR class=" even"><TD>Two Dallas County cases linked to listeria outbreak (September 21, 2011) </TD></TR><TR class=" odd"><TD>Recalled cantaloupe linked to listeria outbreak distributed in Dallas-area (September 16, 2011)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://www.dallascounty.org/department/hhs/press/11press.html


