A total of 141 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 20 states linked to Indiana grown cantaloupe.
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (7), Arkansas (3), California (2), Georgia (1), Illinois (17), Indiana (13), Iowa (7), Kentucky (50), Michigan (6), Minnesota (3), Missouri (9), Mississippi (2), New Jersey (1), North Carolina (3), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (6), Texas (1), and Wisconsin (2). 31 ill persons have been hospitalized. Two deaths have been reported in Kentucky.
Here are a few of the cantaloupe cases that Marler Clark has litigated:
- Del Monte Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Nationwide (2011)
- Susie Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington (2002)
- Viva Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington, California (2001)
- Jensen Farms Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Lawsuits – Nationwide (2011)
|
No. |
Year |
State(s) |
Confirmed Illnesses |
Pathogen |
Description |
|
1. |
1985 |
Wisconsin |
16 |
Campylobacter |
Melon or cantaloupe |
|
2. |
1990 |
30 states |
245 |
Salmonella |
Cut cantaloupe at salad bars |
|
3. |
1991 |
International, including U.S. |
400 |
Salmonella |
Likely Mexican cantaloupe |
|
4. |
1997 |
California |
24 |
Salmonella |
Mexican cantaloupe. |
|
5. |
1998 |
Ontario, Canada |
22 |
Salmonella |
Cantaloupe |
|
6. |
1999 |
Iowa |
61 |
Norovirus |
Restaurant, cantaloupe or melon |
|
7. |
2000 |
California, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, New Mexico, Nevada |
47 |
Salmonella |
Mexican cantaloupe |
|
8. |
2001 |
Multi-state and International |
50 |
Salmonella |
Viva Brand cantaloupe |
|
9. |
2002 |
California, Minnesota, Oregon, Arkansas, Vermont, Nevada, Texas |
58 |
Salmonella |
Susie Brand cantaloupe |
|
10. |
2003 |
New York, Ohio, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Missouri |
58 |
Salmonella |
Day care center and private homes, cantaloupe/honeydew melon |
|
11. |
2006 |
Multi-State and International |
41 |
Salmonella |
Cantaloupe cut at processing facility in Canada |
|
12. |
2007 |
California |
11 |
Salmonella |
Private home |
|
13. |
2008 |
Multi-State |
53 |
Salmonella |
Agropecuraria Mobtelibano cantaloupe, from Honduras |
|
14. |
2008 |
California |
23 |
Norovirus |
Restaurant, melon and cantaloupe |
|
15. |
2011 |
Multi-State |
20 |
Salmonella |
Del Monte cantaloupe |
|
16. |
2011 |
Multi-State |
147 |
Listeria |
Jensen Farms cantaloupe |
|
17. |
2012 |
Multi-State |
141 |
Salmonella |
Indiana Farm cantaloupe |