Avoid Cantaloupe, Products & Fruit Medleys Unless You Know Origin-Brand; Salmonella Outbreak 34 States, Canada, 3 Deaths
- NPR, Dec. 1, 2023. Ed. 🍈
U.S. food safety officials are urging consumers not to eat certain cantaloupe products, including some fruit cups, due to the risk of illness as they investigate a worsening outbreak of salmonella infections.
The number of reported infections has nearly tripled in the 2 weeks since the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the outbreak, which appears to be linked to Malichita or Rudy brand cantaloupes.
At least 117 people in 34 states have gotten sick from the bacteria, the CDC said in an update on Monday. At least 61 of them have been hospitalized and 2 have died.
Canada is also investigating the outbreak. As of Nov. 24, health officials in the country had confirmed 63 cases across 5 Canadian provinces. At least 17 individuals had been hospitalized and one had died.
The CDC advises against eating any cantaloupe or cantaloupe product that may have come from 2 brands — Malichita or Rudy.
Whole cantaloupes from these brands might have stickers with the number "4050" and the phrase "Product of Mexico/produit du Mexique." Also, 9 companies have recalled pre-cut cantaloupe products and other fruit medleys that may have used or touched Malichita or Rudy cantaloupes. Those companies include: Kwik Trip — mixed fruit cups, cantaloupe cups and fruit trays with sell-by dates from Nov. 4 through Dec. 3...
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https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1216390780/cantaloupe-salmonella-outbreak-pre-cut
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