I Ianuali, ua hoʻopuka ka US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee i kahi hōʻike o nā limahana bipartisan e hōʻike ana i nā mea i ʻike ʻia mai ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana o ke kōmike i ka maʻi listeria o Kepakemapa 2011, i ʻike ʻia i nā cantaloupes mai Colorado's Jensen Farms. Hōʻike ka hōʻike i nā kumu kumu o ka outbreak.
E like me ka Nā kikowaena no ka maʻi a me ka pale ʻana (CDC), ua hōʻike ʻia he 29 mau make mai ka maʻi listeria i ka hāʻule i hala. Ma Nowemapa, ua hōʻike ʻo CDC i ka poʻe 139 me nā maʻi koʻikoʻi.
I ka mahina o Kepakemapa i hala, ua ʻimi ʻo CDC i ka listeria i nā cantaloupes mai Colorado's Jensen Farms. Ua alakaʻi ka laha i ka manaʻo o ka lāhui a me ka hāʻule nui ʻana o nā kūʻai cantaloupe ma ka ʻāina, e like me FDA, USDA a me nā hui nūhou.
"Ua nīnau mai kaʻu mea kūʻai mai iaʻu e pili ana i nā cantaloupes i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi a Justin Weaver, ka mea hoʻokele huahana ma Village Foods ma Bryan, Texas. "ʻAʻole kūʻai nā kānaka i nā cantaloupes."
Ma kahi huakaʻi hoʻolaha ʻole i ka lā 10 o Sept. FDA ua lawe i 39 mau laʻana mai ka hale o Jensen Farms. ʻO nā laʻana, 13 i loaʻa i ka listeria contamination. I ka lua o ka huakaʻi i hoʻolaha ʻia, ua alakaʻi ʻo FDA i kahi loiloi kaiapuni e ʻike i nā kumu i alakaʻi ai i ka haumia. Ua ʻike ʻo FDA i nā pilikia he nui, wahi a ka hōʻike. ʻO kēia ka nele o kahi hana hoʻoluʻu mua e wehe i ka wela ma mua o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana o nā cantaloupes i loko o kahi waihona anu; ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻalahi i ka papahele o ka hale paʻi a me nā lako hoʻopili; nā hemahema hoʻolālā hale e hiki ai i ka wai ke hōʻiliʻili ma kahi kokoke i nā lako a me nā ala hele o nā limahana; a me ka holoi a me ka hoʻomaloʻo ʻana i nā mea hana i hoʻohana mua ʻia ma kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai ʻē aʻe. Ma ʻOkakopa 18, 2011, ua hoʻopuka ka FDA i kahi leka hoʻomaopopo iā Jensen Farms e pili ana i kēia mau ʻike.
Cantaloupes ma ka aha
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia kekahi mau hihia ma muli o ka puka ʻana o ka listeria. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā hoʻopiʻi i kēlā me kēia mea e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana, ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ke kūʻai ʻana i nā cantaloupes tainted. Ma waena o nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka laha ʻo Walmart.
"I ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai mākou i ka maʻi listeria e pili ana i nā cantaloupes, ua hana koke mākou me nā luna olakino a me nā mea hoʻolako e hoʻoholo i ke kumu o ka maʻi," wahi a Dianna Gee, ka ʻōlelo a Walmart. "Ma muli o ka nui o ka makaʻala, ua hoʻomaka maoli mākou e wehe i nā cantaloupes Rocky Ford mai kā mākou hale kūʻai ma mua o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana. Ke hoʻomau nei kā mākou hui palekana meaʻai me kā mākou mea hoʻolako e hōʻoia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku me nā cantaloupes wale nō mai nā wahi i manaʻo ʻia e nā luna olakino he palekana.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Walmart ma kahi hoʻopiʻi i hoʻopiʻi ʻia ma ka inoa o Charles Palmer o Colorado, i maʻi i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i kahi cantaloupe āna i kūʻai ai ma kahi hale kūʻai ʻo Colorado Walmart.
"E waiho ʻia ana nā mea kūʻai aku e paʻa ana i ka ʻeke," wahi a Bill Marler, he loio loea i nā maʻi ʻai. "ʻO nā hale kūʻai kūʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku i kūʻai aku i ka huahana, mai nā hale kūʻai pahu nui a hiki i nā kūʻai alanui, pono lākou e komo i loko a hoʻopiha i ka hakahaka."
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Marler iā Jensen Farms, Frontera Produce a me Walmart ma ka inoa o Palmer. ʻO ia kekahi o ʻeiwa mau lole i lawe ʻia mai e ke keʻena o Marler. ʻO Jensen Farms kekahi o nā mea ulu o Frontera Produce ma Colorado. Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo Frontera i nā cantaloupe Colorado mai ka ʻāina ʻo Rocky Ford, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka hana cantaloupe kalepa ma United States i ka makahiki 1895.
"E pili ana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā Walmart, makemake mākou iā Mr. Palmer maikaʻi a lawe mākou i nā koi e like me kāna koʻikoʻi," wahi a Gee.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi hou loa a Marler ka inoa o nā hui i hana i ka loiloi palekana ma Jensen Farms i Iulai: Primus Labs, kahi lawelawe nānā palekana meaʻai ma Kaleponi; a me ka Bio-Food Safety Inc. i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Texas, ka hui i hana maoli i ka nānā ʻana ma lalo o ka ʻaelike mai Primus Labs.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi ka mea i hoʻopiʻi mua ʻia ma New Mexico no ka mea i loaʻa i ka maʻi listeria, ʻo Florence Wilcox. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Wilikoki e ʻike i nā hōʻailona, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kuni, ke anu a me ka nāwaliwali, ma kahi o Sept. Ua make ʻo Wilikoki i ka lā 8 o Kepakemapa, wahi a Marler.
Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Jensen Farms i kahi ʻōlelo e pani ana i nā hana no ka manawa pōkole.
"ʻAʻole e hoʻomau kā mākou hana a hiki i ka ʻoluʻolu loa ua hana mākou i nā mea āpau i loko o ko mākou mana e hōʻoia i ka palekana o kā mākou huahana," wahi a ka ʻōlelo. "Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me ka FDA a me nā keʻena aupuni ʻē aʻe a hoʻonui i kā mākou hopohopo hohonu i kekahi a me nā lālā āpau o ka lehulehu i hoʻopilikia ʻia e kēia maʻi."
pane hoʻāʻo
Hiki ke paʻakikī ka ʻike ʻana i nā pathogens ma nā cantaloupes, e like me ka FDA. ʻO ka ʻenehana i kēia manawa ʻo ke ʻano hoʻomaʻemaʻe, e pili ana i ka nui o nā mea haumia i loaʻa ma ka cantaloupe, a me ka ikaika o nā mea ola i hoʻopili ʻia i ka ʻili. Inā he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka haumia, i hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia, a laila hiki i ke ʻano hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke hoʻopuka i nā mea hoʻopunipuni wahaheʻe.
Ua hiki mai paha kekahi hoʻonā hiki mai ka Kulanui o Idaho, kahi i hoʻolālā ai nā haumāna ʻo Intan Karina, Jo Scholkowfsky, Sarah Reichman a me Keith Christopher i mea hōʻike no ka listeria. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2011, me ke kōkua ʻana o nā kumu aʻoaʻo, ua hoʻolālā nā haumāna ʻehā i kahi mīkini holoi cantaloupe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka listeria a me nā maʻi maʻi make ʻē aʻe. Ua kūkulu mua ʻia ma ka pane ʻana i kahi maʻi salmonella, a me ka cantaloupe, a ma ke ʻano he komo i loko o kahi hoʻokūkū hoʻolālā i mālama ʻia e ka Ke Kulanui o Mekiko Hoʻonaʻauao hoʻokele ʻōpala a me ka Consortium Noiʻi
Ua hoʻoulu ʻia ka cantaloupe sampler/cleaner device e nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe kinipōpō kolepa lima lima āu e ʻike ai ma nā papa gula, wahi a David Down, ke kumu aʻoaʻo o ka hui haumāna. Hoʻopili ka mea hana i ka cantaloupe i ka wā e holoi ana me kahi solution buffer e mālama i ka bacteria i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e ola no ka nānā ʻana ma hope. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka hāmeʻa me kahi kānana keʻena o E. coli, a laila hoʻoinu ʻia kahi cantaloupe i loko o ka "wai iʻa ʻiʻo" i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka bacteria ma ka hoʻokūkū.
"ʻAʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia ka hāmeʻa me ka listeria, akā ʻaʻohe kumu e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole ia e hana maikaʻi ma luna o ka listeria e like me ka salmonella a me E. coli inā ʻike ʻia ka hāpana i hōʻiliʻili ʻia no listeria," wahi a Down.
ʻAʻohe hana i hana ʻia ma ka hāmeʻa mai ka hoʻokūkū, a ʻo ka hana e hiki mai ana e koi i kahi kākoʻo kālā, wahi a Down. ʻAʻole ʻo Idaho kahi mokuʻāina hana cantaloupe, a ʻaʻole loaʻa nā kālā hāʻawi mokuʻāina.