Cantaloupe Crisis Coverage

Last week I spoke to Pat Kendall, the associate dean for research at the college of applied sciences at CSU. She has dealt with a lot of food crises in her career, but she did not hesitate to call this Listeria outbreak "the worst outbreak we've ever had in Colorado, for sure."

It is surprising, then, how simple her advice was for getting rid of this harmful bacteria. That's right, folks: all you have to do to minimize the risk of Listeria poisoning is store and wash the cantaloupe properly. The process is easy, so try to get in the habit of doing it with all of your food. Kendall says that the tips she offers on cantaloupe carries over to all foods, though there are nuances for each.

Find out exactly how to prepare a cantaloupe for safe eating on our freshly launched Consumer Guide page and in this video: