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Holiday Party Alert: Salmonella Worries Bring Cantaloupe Recall

By Editor Josh Mitchell

River Mississippi News

Products sold in several states in the River Mississippi Territory

MINNESOTA– You may want to inspect the details on that fruit salad container for your holiday Christmas party if you live in a few River Mississippi Territory states affected by a salmonella recall related to cantaloupes.

Cut Fruit Express Inc. of Inver Grove Heights, Minn. has recalled certain cantaloupe fruit mixes distributed in three River Mississippi Territory states–Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois–over salmonella contamination worries.

Specific product details are on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s website.

Salmonella can seriously sicken and even kill young children, senior citizens and people with weakened immunities. Symptoms may include fever, bloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain.

No illnesses have been reported.

Also, Pacific Trellis Fruit LLC has issued a voluntary recall of more than 4,800 cases of Malichita brand whole cantaloupe over salmonella concerns.

The products were sold Oct. 18 to 26 in two River Mississippi Territory States, Illinois and Wisconsin, among other states.