WASHINGTON — Pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean equipment at a Colorado farm's cantaloupe-packing facility were probably to blame for the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
FDA cites dirty equipment in cantaloupe outbreak
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | 5:27 p.m. CDT
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