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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.

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 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.

Friday, September 02, 2011  Colorado health officials say listeria killed two people in the state last month as the number of cases spiked.