Cantaloupes recalled after Listeria outbreak

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Posted: 09/16/2011

TULSA - There are new developments with the case of contaminated cantaloupes.

Jensen Farks in Colorado, where the Rocky Ford melons are grown, has issued a recall of the cantaloupes following a Listeria outbreak.

At least two people have died and 22 others in several states including Oklahoma were sickened.

The CDC says the deaths occurred in Colorado and New Mexico but more deaths could be connected to the produce if tests come back positive.

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