DENVER (AP) - a farm of melon in Colorado issued a recall of cantaloupe after a Listeria outbreak that has killed at least two people, sickened 22 and spread to several States .the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the death of the outbreak were reported in Colorado and the New-Mexico and State health departments said that more deaths could be confirmed once the testing is.The CDC said 22 those infected are in seven States: the voice of Colorado, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and West farms Virginia.Jensen Amy Philpott, said Thursday that one of cantaloupes farm tested Colorado Rocky Ford positive for the bacteria, but several tests are needed to determine if it is the same strain linked to the epidemic. The farm provides about 40 percent of the region cantaloupes, said Philpott.En cooperation with voluntary recall, Safeway Inc. said that it was recalling firm and sold jumbo provided by Jensen cantaloupes in Colorado; Nebraska; Aztec and Farmington, N.M.; Wyoming and South Dakota between August 30 and September 6. Cantaloupes currently in Safeway stores are not the region of Rocky Ford, said of the grocery chain.This is the first bacterium has been associated with cantaloupe in the United States. Apparently originally outbreak of Rocky Ford, a growing area of fertile melon of Colorado is a popular destination for tourists.Tammie Palmer, of Colorado Springs, said Thursday her husband of 71 remains hospitalized after eating contaminated cantaloupe and filed suit against firm Jensen and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., where the family said the cantaloupe was purchased.Palmer told Associated Press that Charles Palmer received on August 31, ill and was transported to emergency hospital, where doctors there diagnosed as Listeria monocytogenes, the same strain blamed for the outbreak. "He was not able to speak with me for five days. When I spoke to him, his eyes rolled to the back of the head. It was a nightmare, she said.Palmer said that she was contacted by the Department of health Colorado, who wanted to know what groceries they bought, what they eat and where they stored food. Philpott, stated that she had not seen the suit filed Thursday and made no comment.Walmart spokesman Greg Rossiter said disease Palmer was the first time, the company has heard that someone may have been sickened by cantaloupe purchased a Walmart. "" We take these concerns very seriously and we wish Mr. Palmer well ", he said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.Rossiter said the company removed cantaloupes Monday and works with suppliers to find melons from security zones.Rossiter had not seen the suit and declined to comment on specific allegations, which include the sale of a defective product.Philpott, said that the company was informed that there was a positive test, but we do not know if it was linked to the outbreak. "Philpott, stated that she did not know the State or the store or the Agency who found, and the recall was voluntary.She said the company has delivered more than 300 000 cases across the country during the period covered by the recall, but the company recalled the entire crop precaution.The tests were for the first time by KMGH-TV (http://bit.ly/rsksgM).The farm stopped Monday when Colorado health officials issued an alert and advised retailers to remove cantaloupes to shelves, Philpott, said the harvest.New-Mexico awarded three deaths on the outbreak, but epidemiologist that Chad Smelser said Thursday that a death has been confirmed and the other two are pending the results of the CDC.The CDC said almost all of the interviewed victims remember eating cantaloupe and several recalled that they were in the region of Rocky Ford .the ' agency said about 800 cases of listeria are diagnosed in the United States each year and there are three or four outbreaks of it a year. Deli meats, hot dogs and cheese are the most common carriers, and epidemics to produce are rare. However, sprouts caused an epidemic in 2009, and celery caused an epidemic in 2010.Cantaloupe is often a guilty of outbreaks of foodborne illness, but not the Listeriosis. Earlier this year, State and federal authorities linked 12 salmonella illnesses, many of them to the West, until Guatemala.The imported cantaloupes cantaloupes were shipped between July 29 and September 10 and distributed throughout the Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New-Mexico, Arizona, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, in the North, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.Listeriosis Carolina is a serious infection usually caused by ingestion of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The disease primarily affects the elderly, pregnant women, infants and adults with weakened immune systems. Symptoms may include fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, headache, stiff neck, confusion and press convulsions.__Associated P. Solomon Banda Denver writers and Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington contributed to this report.___Online:http://1.usa.gov/pyQxF0http://1.usa.gov/pSzV3M___Information of: KMGH-TV, http://www.thedenverchannel.com
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