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Monday, May 28, 2012  A Colorado farm that was traced to a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  APNewsBreak: Obama's budget axes USDA program that tests for deadly bacteria in fresh produce

Monday, December 05, 2011  An Omaha man has sued a Colorado grower, alleging it is responsible for the tainted cantaloupe that made him and his daughter sick with listeriosis.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011  A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hobbs woman who died in September after eating contaminated fruit says food safety auditors gave a Colorado cantaloupe farm a "superior" rating for safety and quality just weeks before health officials identified it as the source of a deadly bacterial outbreak.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  Cantaloupe growers are asking Colorado Agriculture Commissioner John Salazar to create a commission aimed at improving consumer confidence in Rocky Ford cantaloupe following an outbreak of listeria blamed for the deaths of 29 people.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011  The death toll in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has reached 29 after federal health authorities say an eighth person has died in Colorado.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  A negligence lawsuit filed by the family of an 89-year-old North Texas woman says she died after eating cantaloupe allegedly tainted with listeria.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  Colorado Agriculture Commissioner John Salazar says the state will take a bigger role in the oversight of the cantaloupe industry following a listeria outbreak.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  The Food and Drug Administration said the deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe was probably caused by pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean packing equipment at a Colorado farm.

Monday, October 10, 2011  The death toll continues to rise due to listeria tainted cantaloupe from a Colorado farm.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Federal health officials have raised the death toll to 18 in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe.

Friday, September 30, 2011  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a third Colorado death linked to listeria in cantaloupes, bringing the nationwide death toll in the outbreak to as many as 17 people.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  Colorado scientists' hunt for what led to a listeria outbreak that has been linked to eight deaths nationwide involved two weeks of brainstorming, studying blood samples, confiscating half-eaten food from patients' refrigerators and shopping for grocery-store cantaloupe before health officials could pinpoint cantaloupe from a single farm in Holly as the source.

Monday, September 19, 2011  Federal health authorities are confirming that four people have died in an outbreak of listeria traced to Colorado cantaloupes.

Friday, September 16, 2011  Officials say lab samples confirm a deadly multistate listeria outbreak involving cantaloupe is linked to a single farm in Colorado.