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LoP Guest Wrote:

Nearly a year ago Rocky Ford melons were recalled due to Listeria but none or very few of the locals who ate them got sick...just the ones that were shipped.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/292...etail.html

then it was contaminated during transport.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 115479 08-19-2012 02:44 AM

from the cdc report:
"Among persons for whom information is available, illness onset dates range from July 7, 2012 to August 4, 2012."

I remember being really sick for a couple of days. Felt like I had been poisoned. I threw out quite a bit of food thinking it was something I ate. This is probably what it was.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 115479 08-19-2012 02:48 AM

LoP Guest Wrote:

from the cdc report:
"Among persons for whom information is available, illness onset dates range from July 7, 2012 to August 4, 2012."

I remember being really sick for a couple of days. Felt like I had been poisoned. I threw out quite a bit of food thinking it was something I ate. This is probably what it was.

On the other hand, I was thinking it was because my refridgerator temperature had dropped during that heatwave and I thought maybe my mayonnaise must have went bad. I still haven't touched it and keep forgetting to buy another. Must have been the melon. I don't remember having too much of it though, but definitely had some.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 115479 08-19-2012 02:51 AM

Also, there was a lot of milk going bad too soon during that heatwave. I read the truckers were saving gas and shutting off the truck coolers periodically and the temp would drop below adequate. State cops randomly pulling them over and testing. I remember getting a couple of mouth fulls of bad milk accidentally which probably didn't help matters either.

**czygyny**

I can't imagine how E. coli gets inside a melon, it must be on the outside. Solution: wash the outside thoroughly before you cut it, preferably with a vegetable brush to get at the rough skin.

I have a garden full of yummy melons that beat out anything you'll get in the store and they're bacteria free.