Lawmakers want to talk with farm about listeria
Members of Congress have requested a briefing with the Colorado cantaloupe farm whose packing facility has been traced to a deadly listeria outbreak. Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and Henry Waxman, D-Calif., earlier this month asked for a congressional hearing on the outbreak to learn how to prevent it from happening again. On Friday, they and leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked Jensen Farms to preserve all documents and communications relevant to the investigation for the briefing, before a potential hearing.
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