Listeria/Cantaloupe Death Toll Sets Record

With 29 adult deaths, the ongoing outbreak of listeria food poisoning from tainted cantaloupe is the deadliest listeria outbreak in U.S. history. There were 18 adult and 10 newborn deaths in the 1985 listeria outbreak -- although that year there were 20 miscarriages, compared to one so far this year.

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