Jensen Farms Owners Charged in 2011 Outbreak of Listeriosis from Cantaloupe
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado yesterday reported that two owner-operators of a produce business that sold cantaloupe linked to a 2011 multistate outbreak of listeriosis that resulted in 33 deaths and 147 hospitalizations have been charged with six counts of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce.
Eric and Ryan Jensen, brothers who owned and operated Granada, CO-based Jensen Farms, presented themselves to U.S. Marshals in Denver and were taken into custody on federal charges. The charges were brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations.