Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Farmers to be sentenced in fatal listeria outbreak

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2013 file photo, Eric Jensen, 37, left, and Ryan Jensen, 33, leave the federal courthouse in Denver. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, the two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a deadly listeria outbreak in 2011 are scheduled to be sentenced. The brothers, who owned and operated Jensen Farms in Holly, face up to six years in prison and $1.5 million in fines. The outbreak was traced to tainted fruit from the farm, causing 33 deaths and sending scores of people to hospitals. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File) DENVER (AP) — Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a deadly listeria outbreak in 2011 are set to be sentenced.




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