Some findings :
– Condensation from cooling systems draining directly on to the floor.
– Poor drainage resulting in water pooling around food processing equipment.
– Hard to clean roller brushes on processing equipment (where Listeria was found).
– No chlorine or other antimicrobial solution used to wash cantaloupe.
– No equipment to remove field heat from cantaloupe before they were moved to cold storage.
Food and Drug Administration investigators, concluded that the outbreak could have been avoided had Jensen Farms followed existing guidance for processing melons. The FDA pointed to Jensen Farms’ modified processing equipment, and its failure to chlorinate the water used to wash its melons, as two likely causes of the outbreak.
The Jensen brothers, however, told the congressional Committee they changed their equipment on advice from one of their auditors.
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