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FREAKONOMICS. MELONOMICS. The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Thursday [Sept. 15] not to eat cantaloupe grown in part of Colorado after two deaths from what it said was the first Listeria outbreak traced to the melon . 28 STATES AFFECTED. 140 SICK. 29 DEAD.
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MELONOMICS The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Thursday [Sept. 15] not to eat cantaloupe grown in part of Colorado after two deaths from what it said was the first Listeria outbreak traced to the melon.
28 STATES AFFECTED 140 SICK 29 DEAD
Shift in Supply and Demand For Cantaloupes in the U.S. From Sept. 2011 to Sept. 2012 S2 S1 Legend S1 & D1 – Sept. 2011 S2 & D2 – Sept. 2012 Price of Cantaloupes (U.S. Dollars $) D1 D2 Quantity Demanded and Quantity Supplied of Cantaloupes (1,000’s)