Cantaloupe

Cantaloupes contaminated with listeria cause 16 deaths

Health & Medicine

Listeria outbreak the country’s deadliest of food related illness in more than a decade — as many as 72 people have fallen ill and 16 have died.

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Cantaloupes cause worst food-borne illness outbreak in a decade

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