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ALBUQUERQUE — A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hobbs woman who died in September after eating contaminated fruit says food-safety auditors gave a Colorado cantaloupe farm a “superior” rating for safety and quality just weeks before health officials identified it as the source of a deadly bacterial outbreak.
A Seattle law firm filed the lawsuit on behalf of 96-year-old Florence Wilcox. She’s one of five New Mexicans who died in the fall after eating listeria-contaminated cantaloupe.
Colorado grower Jensen Farms and two food-safety firms hired to audit the cantaloupe grower in July were named in the suit.
