Del Monte Cantaloupe Salmonella Recall
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. (“Del Monte Fresh”) of Coral Gables, Florida has announced a recall of 4,992 cartons of cantaloupes.
The cantaloupes affected by this recall were distributed through warehouse clubs in Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The recalled products consist of cartons of cantaloupes, each containing 4 plastic beige mesh sleeves each sealed with a plastic orange handle with the Del Monte logo and indication “3 count, Product of Guatemala” with 3 cantaloupes per sleeve and were available for sale between the 10th of March and the 21st of March, 2011. The cantaloupes, grown in and shipped from Del Monte Freshs’ farm Asuncion Mita in Guatemala, have a light brown color skin on the exterior, with orange flesh. The recalled cartons of cantaloupes are dark brown cardboard with the “Del Monte” logo in red lettering and “cantaloupes” in yellow lettering on a green background. The cantaloupes have the lot codes: 02-15-24-10, 02-15-25-10, 02-15-26-10 and 02-15-28-10.
The acute symptoms of Salmonella are nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, fever, and headache. In some cases Reiter's syndrome, a reactive arthritis, develops 3-4 weeks after onset of acute symptoms.
