Del Monte Fresh Produce To Sue Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division

Del Monte Fresh Produce, N.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. filed a notice to sue Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division and one of its officials. The notice to sue alerts the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division of its conduct and allegations regarding Del Monte Fresh’s imported cantaloupes as the source of a Salmonella outbreak earlier this year despite the lack of sufficient factual basis.

Del Monte Fresh claims its cantaloupes are farmed, processed, transported, and stored under state-of-the-art food safety controls that far exceed U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory requirements.