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Minnesota Company Recalls Cantaloupe Packages

A Minnesota company is voluntarily recalling packaged fruit products containing cantaloupes because of a possible health risk. Cut Fruit Express Inc. of Inver Grove Heights says the packages contain cantaloupe which has been recalled by supplier DFI Marketing Inc., due …

Health Safety Advocates Want Indiana Melon Farm Identified

Health safety advocates want the government to identify a southwestern Indiana farm that has agreed to quit selling cantaloupes following a salmonella outbreak that has sickened about 150 people across the country. Advocates tell The Indianapolis Star that they also …

CDC Says 18 Deaths Tied to Listeria in Cantaloupe

Federal health officials have raised the death toll to 18 in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that they have confirmed 100 illnesses in 20 states. That includes the 18 deaths. …