A watan Janairu, Kwamitin Makamashi da Kasuwanci na Majalisar Wakilan Amurka ya fitar da rahoton ma'aikatan bangarorin biyu wanda ya ba da cikakken bayani game da sakamakon binciken da kwamitin ya gudanar kan barkewar cutar Listeria a watan Satumbar 2011, wanda aka samo asali daga gurbatattun cantaloupes daga gonakin Jensen na Colorado. Rahoton ya nuna abubuwan da za su iya haifar da barkewar cutar.
Bisa ga Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka (CDC), an sami rahoton mutuwar mutane 29 daga barkewar listeria a faɗuwar da ta gabata. Tun daga watan Nuwamba, CDC ta ba da rahoton mutane 139 da ke da cututtuka masu tsanani.
A watan Satumban da ya gabata, CDC ta bibiyi lissafin listeria zuwa gurbatattun cantaloupes daga gonakin Jensen na Colorado. Barkewar cutar ta haifar da kulawar ƙasa da kuma raguwar tallace-tallacen cantaloupe a duk faɗin ƙasar, a cewar FDA, USDA da kamfanonin labarai da yawa.
"Na sami abokan ciniki da yawa suna tambayata game da cantaloupes kowace rana," in ji Justin Weaver, manajan kayan abinci na Village Foods a Bryan, Texas. "Mutane ba sa siyan cantaloupes kawai."
A wata ziyarar bazata a ranar 10 ga watan Satumba. FDA ya ɗauki samfurori 39 daga ko'ina cikin ginin Jensen Farms. Daga cikin samfuran, 13 sun ƙunshi kamuwa da cutar listeria. A lokacin ziyarar ta biyu, an sanar da ita, FDA ta gudanar da kimar muhalli don gano abubuwan da suka haifar da gurɓacewar. FDA ta gano matsaloli da yawa masu yuwuwa, in ji rahoton. Waɗannan sun haɗa da rashin matakin da aka riga aka sanyaya don cire zafin filin kafin a tura cantaloupes zuwa ajiyar sanyi; rashin iyawa don sauƙin tsaftace ɗakin kayan aiki da kayan aiki; Ƙirar ƙirar kayan aiki wanda ya ba da damar ruwa ya tattara a kusa da kayan aiki da hanyoyin tafiya na ma'aikata; da kayan wanke-wanke da bushewar da aka fara amfani da su a kan wani kayan amfanin gona na daban. A ranar 18 ga Oktoba, 2011, FDA ta ba da wasiƙar gargaɗi ga Jensen Farms dangane da waɗannan binciken.
Cantaloupes a kotu
An shigar da kara da dama a sakamakon barkewar cutar Listeria. Shari'ar tana nufin duk wanda ke da alaƙa da girma, rarrabawa da tallace-tallace na gurɓataccen cantaloupes. Daga cikin dillalan da ke fama da barkewar cutar akwai Walmart.
"Da zarar an sanar da mu game da barkewar cutar listeria da ke da alaƙa da cantaloupes, nan da nan muka yi aiki tare da jami'an kiwon lafiya da masu samar da kayayyaki don gano tushen cutar," in ji Dianna Gee, mai magana da yawun Walmart. "Saboda yawan taka tsantsan, a zahiri mun fara cire Rocky Ford cantaloupes daga shagunan mu kafin a tuna da hukuma. Tawagarmu ta kare abinci ta ci gaba da yin aiki tare da masu samar da mu don tabbatar da cewa muna samarwa abokan cinikinmu da cantaloupes kawai da aka samo daga wuraren da jami'an kiwon lafiya ke ganin lafiya."
An saka sunan Walmart a cikin karar da aka shigar a madadin Charles Palmer na Colorado, wanda ya kamu da rashin lafiya a lokacin barkewar cutar bayan ya ci wani katafaren kantunan da ya saya a wani kantin sayar da Walmart na Colorado.
"Za a bar dillalai rike da jakar," in ji Bill Marler, wani lauya da ya kware kan barkewar cutar gubar abinci. "Kantin sayar da kayan miya da ƴan kasuwa da suka sayar da kayan, daga manyan kantuna har zuwa kan titi, dole ne su shiga su cike gibin."
Marler ya shigar da kara a kan Jensen Farms, Frontera Produce da Walmart a madadin Palmer. Yana daya daga cikin irin wannan kwat da wando guda tara da ofishin Marler ya kawo. Jensen Farms na ɗaya daga cikin masu noman Frontera Produce's Colorado. Kasuwancin Frontera na Colorado cantaloupes daga yankin Rocky Ford, inda samar da cantaloupe na kasuwanci ya samo asali a cikin Amurka a cikin 1895.
"Game da shari'ar Walmart, muna yi wa Mista Palmer fatan alheri kuma muna daukar da'awar irin nasa da muhimmanci," in ji Gee.
Ƙarar ta Marler na baya-bayan nan ta ba da sunayen kamfanonin da suka yi binciken lafiyar a Jensen Farms a watan Yuli: Primus Labs, sabis na duba lafiyar abinci na tushen California; da kuma tushen Texas Bio-Food Safety Inc., kamfanin da a zahiri ya yi binciken karkashin kwangila daga Primus Labs.
An fara shigar da karar ne a New Mexico a madadin wanda cutar ta barke, Florence Wilcox. Wilcox ya fara samun alamun bayyanar cututtuka, gami da zazzabi, sanyi da rauni, game da Satumba 8, bayan cin gurɓataccen cantaloupes. Wilcox ya mutu a ranar 15 ga Satumba, in ji Marler.
Jensen Farms ya fitar da wata sanarwa yana mai cewa yana rufe ayyukan na wani dan lokaci.
Sanarwar ta ce "Ayyukanmu ba za su ci gaba ba har sai mun gamsu da cewa mun yi duk abin da za mu iya wajen tabbatar da tsaron kayayyakinmu." "Muna ci gaba da ba da cikakken hadin kai tare da FDA da sauran hukumomin gwamnati tare da mika damuwarmu ga duk wani da duk jama'ar da wannan barkewar ta shafa."
Amsa gwaji
Gano ƙwayoyin cuta akan cantaloupes na iya zama da wahala sosai, a cewar FDA. Dabarar da ake amfani da ita a halin yanzu ita ce hanyar kurkura, wanda ya dogara da yawan gurɓataccen gurɓataccen abu a kan cantaloupe, da kuma yadda ƙarfin kwayoyin halitta ke haɗe da fata. Idan akwai ƙananan ƙwayar cuta, wanda ke daure sosai, to, hanyar kurkura zai iya haifar da mummunan lalacewa.
Daya yiwu mafita iya zo daga Jami'ar Idaho, inda dalibai Intan Karina, Jo Scholkowfsky, Sarah Reichman da Keith Christopher suka tsara ma'aikacin gwaji don listeria. A farkon 2011, tare da taimakon malamai masu ba da shawara, ɗalibai huɗu sun tsara injin wanki na cantaloupe wanda ke wanke listeria da sauran ƙwayoyin cuta masu mutuwa. An fara gina ta ne sakamakon barkewar cutar salmonella, kuma a cikin cantaloupe, kuma a matsayin shiga gasar ƙira da ta gudanar. Jami'ar Mexico Ƙungiyar Ilimi da Gudanar da Sharar gida
Na'urar samfurin cantaloupe/cleaner ta sami wahayi ne daga masu tsabtace ƙwallon golf da ke aiki da hannu da kuke gani akan darussan zinare, in ji David Down, mashawarcin malamai ga ƙungiyar ɗalibai. Na'urar tana goge cantaloupe yayin kurkura tare da maganin buffer don kiyaye ƙwayoyin da aka tattara su da rai don bincike na gaba. An gwada na'urar da wani nau'in dakin gwaje-gwaje na E. coli, sannan kuma wani cantaloupe da aka jika a cikin "ruwa na agwagwa" mai dauke da kwayoyin cuta a gasar.
"Ba a gwada na'urar tare da listeria ba, amma babu wani dalili da za a yi imani da cewa ba za ta yi aiki sosai a kan listeria ba kamar yadda yake a kan salmonella da E. coli idan an yi nazarin samfurin da aka tattara don listeria," in ji Down.
Babu wani aiki da aka yi akan na'urar tun bayan fafatawar, kuma aikin nan gaba zai buƙaci mai ɗaukar nauyin kuɗi, in ji Down. Idaho ba jiha ce mai samar da cantaloupe ba, kuma ba a samun kuɗaɗen rabon jihohi.