Probation recommended for Colorado farmers tied to listeria outbreak

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Probation recommended for Colorado farmers tied to listeria outbreak

By Robert Boczkiewicz DENVER (Reuters) - Two Colorado farmers whose listeria-contaminated cantaloupes killed 33 people in 2011 should be sentenced to five years of probation, a prosecutor told a court on Friday. Eric and Ryan Jensen, former owners of Colorado-based Jensen Farms, pleaded guilty in October to charges stemming from one of the deadliest U.S. outbreaks of food-borne illness. They are scheduled to be sentenced on January 28 in U.S. District Court in Denver. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jaime Pena said in a court filing that five years of probation would provide just punishment.

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