Explaining the rockmelon-listeria connection ... and warning

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راک ملون نوعی خربزه است که در روزهای گذشته آلودگی آن به باکتری لیستریا بسیار خبرساز شده است Source: AAP

Australians have been urged to throw out rockmelons they have previously purchased after a listeria (lis-TEER-ee-uh) outbreak that has left two people dead in New South Wales. But what is listeria, and what how does it relate to rockmelons?



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