Eric Jensen Of Listeria-Tainted Cantaloupe Farms Is Fined For Provide Inadequate Migrant Worker Housing

Can you imagine if they freaked out in Kansas?

Reality check/Real­ity bites..thi­s is how food is produced in these United States...w­hile everyone is shopping for bargains to save pennies this kind of stuff is standard operating procedure.­..modern day slavery just for coupon clippers to feel good about themselves­...

does this guy Jensen honestly think people are going to believe him? He owns the farm and he owns the hotel and the workers were living in his hotel and he is trying to say he didn't know they were farm workers.

I'm not surprised this happened in Colorado. Not surprised at all.

Private industry - american capitalism - yes, we can ALWAYS trust these people to do the right thing - isn't that the mantra of Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul, et.al.?

Well, the good thing is that he's facing a lot of lawsuits - and rightly so.

So a country exports it's poor. We work them like slaves but treat them worse and more indecently than household pets; then when 30 people die, we are upset. Logical? I thought slavery ended? The owner ought to try his cantaloupe and stay in his own inhumane filth. And pay for healthcare and education for the humans he trafficked for profit.

When the listeria story FIRST broke, and Jensen spoke, I almost felt sorry for him; picturing him as a smallish grower just trying to put cantaloupe in stores. Man was I wrong. He is a heartless man as evidenced not only by the dirty conditions at his shipping facility but:.."at a motel he owns. Inspectors said many rooms lacked beds, laundry facilities and smoke detectors. Jensen faces $4,250 in civil penalties.­.." He OWNS the motel that is in such dismal condition and rents rooms by the month but "didn't" know they renters were migrant. Um..who ELSE would rent a sh*thole..­tourists?.­.for a MONTH? The fine $4250 is zero..zip.­.why not be cruel if that's the fine..chea­per to pay it than improve conditions­. This IS what most businesses do Ron Paul..left to themselves­..use dirty machinery and take advantage of poor, hard workers. Sadly, we DO need stiffer regulation simply because biz owners rarely do the right thing. If they were kind and humane we would not need gov't regs..but they aren't.. lose/lose.

You want to pick mellons all day? How bout beans, bent over ten hours a dy seven days a week. Didn't think so, to good for that.

All melons should be scrubbed with a brush and soap and hot water before you cut them. The knife carries germs and bacteria into the melon as you cut. The wet sweet melon is an excellent culture to grow bacteria and viruses.

When you vacation in America, Don't eat the cantalope. And if the pipeline goes through, don't drink the water.