SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's lone reported case of
listeria during a nationwide outbreak is in Minnehaha County.
State Health Department Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says
the woman who got sick is in her 60s and is hospitalized. He says
officials have not been able to determine whether she ate cantaloupe
before becoming ill.
Federal officials say an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is
now linked to 116 illnesses and 23 deaths nationwide, making it the
deadliest known outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. in a
quarter century.
The tainted cantaloupe should be off store shelves by now. At
least one South Dakota retailer sold cantaloupe from the Colorado
farm linked to the listeria outbreak, but the melons were taken off
store shelves Sept. 12.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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