CSBJ Daily

Consumers who bought cantaloupes grown, packed and shipped by a grower in Honduras should dispose of them or return them for a full refund as the products are linked to an outbreak of salmonella infection in the United States and Canada.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment confirms one illness from the product.

Recalled products that may be in Colorado include:

• Simply Fresh Fruit – Simply Fresh Fruit brand food service fruit mix in syrup, products dated “sell by 4-18-08” or earlier; food service cantaloupe chunks in syrup, products dated “sell by 4-8-08” or earlier; and retail and club store Simply Fresh, fresh cut fruit brand containing cantaloupe dated “sell by 3-29-08” or earlier.
• Dole Fresh Fruit Company – Honduran cantaloupes. The cantaloupes were distributed in cardboard cartons with the brand Dole and “produce of Honduras” printed on each of the side panels of the carton.
• Bounty Fresh, LLC – Cantaloupes are packed three melons in a sleeve under the brand name Chestnut Hill Farms and one melon per sleeve under the brand name Perfect Melon. Individual melons are not labeled, but sleeves contain tags that say either Perfect Melon or Chestnut Hill Farms.
• Chiquita Brands International Inc. and Central American Produce – Cantaloupes were distributed in cardboard cartons with the brands Mike’s Melons, Mayan Pride and Chiquita all showing “produce of Honduras” printed on each of the side panels of the carton.