Contaminated School Lunch In Peru Kills 3, Poisons 94

LIMA, Peru -- Peru's Health Ministry says food donated for a nutrition program became contaminated with pesticide in an Andean hamlet and poisoned 89 children and five adults. Three children have died.

The ministry says the National Food Assistance Program distributed the food at a school in Redondo. The hamlet is 310 miles (500 kilometers) northwest of Lima.

Officials say the food was accidentally contaminated while it was being prepared Tuesday.

Police Capt. Aurelio Huaman said Wednesday that prosecutors are investigating what happened.

A similar case occurred in 1999 at a Peruvian town near Cuzco. Food there also was contaminated with pesticide and killed 24 children.

via: huffingtonpost.com

Cantaloupe Outbreak

35 people in 10 states have been sickened by infected cantaloupe. (Photo: Getty Images)
The Food & Drug Administration confirmed Wednesday that a Colorado farm is the source of the deadly Listeria outbreak that killed four people and sickened 35 in 10 states. Jensen Farms, in Holly, Colorado, is cooperating with health officials to ensure that its Rocky Ford brand cantaloupes that had been shipped from late July through early September are removed from the marketplace. 
According to the FDA: The whole cantaloupes in question were shipped between July 29th, 2011 and September 10th 2011, and distributed to the following states: IL, WY, TN, UT, TX, CO, MN, KS, NM, NC, MO, NE, OK, AZ, NJ, NY, PA. The whole cantaloupes have a green and white sticker that reads: Product of USA- Frontera Produce-Colorado Fresh-Rocky Ford-Cantaloupe or a gray, yellow, and green sticker that reads: Jensen Farms-Sweet Rocky Fords. If the whole cantaloupe is unlabeled, please contact your retail store for sourcing information. Jensen Farms is requesting any consumer that many have one of these cantaloupes to please destroy the products.
In a statement, Eric and Ryan Jensen expressed their regret to consumers for the outbreak: “We are deeply saddened to learn that cantaloupes grown on our farm have been linked to the current Listeria outbreak. Our hearts go out to those individuals and their families who have been affected by this terrible situation."

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