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The second outbreak in the UK due to imported melons revealed

By Joe Whitworth on January 6, 2023

The United Kingdom was hit by two outbreaks linked to melon in 2021, according to a recently released study.

It was already known that the UK was part of a multi-country Salmonella Braenderup outbreak with…

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Watermelon suspected in Norwegian Salmonella outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on August 13, 2022

A Salmonella outbreak in Norway with almost 20 people sick has been linked to watermelon.

Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI) reported that of 13 ill people interviewed so far, all of them ate watermelon in the days before…

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Country Fresh watermelon chunks recalled over Listeria

By News Desk on October 2, 2020

Country Fresh is recalling watermelon chunks from select stores because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall affects product codes of watermelon items shipped directly to Walmart and RaceTrac’s stores in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma …
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Latvian officials investigate Salmonella and E. coli illnesses

By News Desk on September 21, 2019

Officials in Latvia are investigating 40 Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli illnesses with mostly children affected.

A total of 36 children and four employees of educational institutions are ill, according to the Latvian Centre…
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New cases of salmonellosis reported in melon-related outbreak

By Coral Beach on June 20, 2018

Ten more people are sick in a Salmonella outbreak that has spread to two more states. Pre-cut melons are implicated, according to public health officials who renewed their public warnings yesterday about the fresh fruit…
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Iowa added to list of states that received melon linked to outbreak

By News Desk on June 13, 2018

As the FDA added another state to the list of those that received pre-cut melon implicated in a salmonellosis outbreak, the chair of the Congressional Food Safety Caucus implored federal agencies to find “what deficiencies…
Continue Reading Iowa added to list of states that received melon linked to outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: FDA continues its role as Chicken Little

By Bill Marler on June 12, 2018

After 25 years doing food litigation, I am seldom surprised by the announcement of a foodborne illness outbreak. It was no different last Friday when Indiana announced a multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked to cut fruit…
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Salmonella outbreak linked to cut watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe – Fast Facts

By Bill Marler on June 11, 2018

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FDA reports fresh cut watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, and freshcut fruit medley products containing any of these melons produced at the Caito Foods facility in Indianapolis, IN, were reportedly sent…
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak linked to cut watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe – Fast Facts

UPDATE: Fast moving Salmonella outbreak linked to pre-cut melon

By News Desk on June 8, 2018

UPDATED CONTENT 6:25 p.m. EDT — The CDC is warning the public to not to eat pre-cut cantaloupe and watermelon from certain retailers and to throw it away if they don’t know where it’s from…
Continue Reading UPDATE: Fast moving Salmonella outbreak linked to pre-cut melon

Briefly: Baby milk not in U.S. — Salmonella up — Steam heat

By Kelsey M. Mackin on December 13, 2017

Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the…
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