A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people — three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials reported Thursday.
Dozens more illnesses were reported by both countries. In the U.S., at least 230 people have been ill in 38 states and 96 have been hospitalized since mid-November, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The tainted cantaloupe was also shipped to Canada, where 129 cases have been reported, including 44 hospitalizations, health officials reported.
Many of the people who fell ill reported eating pre-cut cantaloupe in clamshell packages and trays sold in stores. Consumers should not buy, eat or serve cantaloupe, if they don’t know the source, the CDC said.
Weirdly I love honeydew as a flavor (like bubble tea) but prefer cantaloupe as a fruit (cantaloupe flavored things just sounds wrong).
If we’re going to call out honeydew, can we at least address the blatant disinformation campaign apples have been on for the past few decades?
You’re just eating shit apples? Certain varieties are like sex in your mouth
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Hardly anyone eats it so it’s less likely to get anyone sick
Suddenly I’m happy that McDonalds ran out of their packaged cantaloupe that they offered me instead of apple slices.
However, my family is never buying presliced produce ever again.
This is getting a surprising amount of attention.
In the U.S., at least 230 people have been ill in 38 states… The tainted cantaloupe was also shipped to Canada, where 129 cases have been reported”
We’ve all seen much more dangerous things get little or no coverage.
Cantaloupe tried to warn you away with its nasty taste, but somehow people can’t take a hint.
Always knew these trash melons (cantaloupe, musk melon, honeydew, etc) would come back to bite us in the ass.
