Local consumers warned of Listeria in Texas - KFDA NewsChannel 10










A grocery store in our area has taken cantaloupe off their shelves after a Listeria scare in Texas.

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"When someone is cutting the cantaloupe then they may have a difficult time being able to clean the peel and you may contaminate the part of cantaloupe that you eat," says Dr. Todd Bell, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.

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