Listeria Outbreak Traced to Colorado Cantaloupe Packing Shed
www.nytimes.com – October 19, 2011
Here is a link to an empirical study on the efficacy of Security Floor Treatment against Listeria: Sterilex Ultra Powder vs Devere Security charts E coli Listeria Salmonella
The Food and Drug Administration recalled 300,000 cases of cantaloupe grown on the Jensen Farms after connecting it with a listeria outbreak. The US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division announced on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 that Eric Jensen was fined $4,250 in civil penalities for failing to provide migrant worker housing that meets the safety and health requirements of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
http://www.foodmanufacturing.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=24818
Note that the fine was only civil penalties for the migrant housing issue. The Listeria issue was much more costly.