date:Aug 18, 2012
According to the report, industry auditor PrimusLabs previously assessed Burch Farms' leafy greens processing and field operations, but not its cantaloupe operation, where U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials recently found Listeria monocytogenes in the farm's packing facility. PrimusLabs was also the auditor of Jensen Farms, the grower responsible for last year's outbreak of Listeria in cantaloupe that killed at least 33 and sickened at least 147, becoming one of the deadliest foodborne