date:May 31, 2012
The company, which listed $2.1m in assets and more than $2.5m in liabilities in documents, filed in US Bankruptcy Court in Denver, and noted that it has taken this step after several wrongful death lawsuits were filed against it following the outbreak.
Last year, the Listeria outbreak spread through 28 US states, affecting 146 people.
According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Jensen Farms did not properly store the cantaloupes after they were harvested and it failed to chlorinate