eco 6: melons

When people go to the store to pick up there summer time melons they never really worry about wether or not its contaminated or not.i was always under the impression that you didn't have to wash you melon because you only eat the inside but apparently you have to.  Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Wednesday identified Chamberlain Farms as a source of the outbreak, which has led to 62 hospitalizations and two deaths.Shelly Burgess, an FDA spokeswoman, said Thursday that the investigation is still in its early stages and that it is too early to say whether all the contaminated fruit could be traced back to the farm.Tim Chamberlain, who runs the 100-acre Chamberlain Farms, said it stopped producing and distributing cantaloupe on Aug. 16, when the FDA alerted him that the fruit could be tainted. so the article also quoted the manager of the farm stated that they have completely stopped production and are doing further investigation to insure that this never happens again."I think once a farm is identified they have an uphill climb ahead of them because there most likely be a lot of personal injury claims against them that they will need cash flow to settle. They're also going to have trouble marketing their produce,"