date:Aug 27, 2012
the growing season, including its watermelons, which have not been connected to any illnesses. A Kentucky state lab test on two of the farm's cantaloupes found they had Salmonella bacteria that genetically matched samples taken from victims in Kentucky.
Speaking to USA Today, Chamberlain Farms owner Tim Chamberlain said he has been growing melons in southwestern Indiana for 30 years without an outbreak. He's waiting on further testing from public health laboratories, and says he does not beli