Rockmelon sales slump hits workers

By Marnie Banger
Updated March 23 2018 - 7:52pm, first published 5:56pm
A listeria outbreak linked to rockmelons has forced growers to lay off fruit pickers.
A listeria outbreak linked to rockmelons has forced growers to lay off fruit pickers.

Some Australian fruit pickers have lost their jobs as a result of the country's rockmelon-related listeria outbreak, the industry's peak body says.