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Salmonella in the Cantaloupes

Posted on April 02, 2008

It s true, some Honduran cantaloupes have tested positive for salmonella. More from David Mitchell of ThePacker:The FDA issued an import alert March 22 after traceback evidence linked product from Honduran grower-shipper Agropecuaria Montelibano with a salmonella litchfield outbreak that caused 50 reported illnesses in 16 states between Jan. 18 and March 5.Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a health hazard alert on the same day, saying the product had been linked to nine illnesses in five provinces.Agropecuaria Montelibano and Honduran government officials protested after ...

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