Food Safety Attorney, Bill Marler, calls for import restrictions on Mexican Cantaloupe
Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak has sickened 200, hospitalized 78 with 3 deaths.
(Seattle, November 30, 2023) “Since last week the U.S. and Canadian health officials have reported 200 people with Salmonella, including 78 hospitalized with three deaths, all linked to the consumption of
The updated number in the United States:
• Illnesses: 117 (18 new)
• Hospitalizations: 61 (16 new)
• Deaths: 2 (0 new)
• States: 34 (2 new)
In Canada the numbers have not been updated yet – on November 24, 2023 it was 63 sick, 17 hospitalized and 1 death.
Since the last update on November 24, 18 more illnesses have been reported.
Additional Salmonella Soahanina, Sundsvall and Oranienburg infections are under investigation and more illnesses associated with this outbreak may be confirmed.
In the United States as of November 24, 99 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Sundsvall have been reported from 32 states. Arkansas (1), Arizona (7), California (1), Colorado (2), Georgia (3), Iowa (5)
Kwik Trip, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of three varieties of fresh-cut fruit cup and tray products listed below because they contain cantaloupe from TruFresh which has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometime fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people
The U.S. and Canadian Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreaks:
As of November 24, 99 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 32 states. Arkansas (1), Arizona (7), California (1), Colorado (2), Georgia (3), Iowa (5), Illinois (4), Indiana (2), Kentucky (5), Massachusetts (1), Maryland (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (13), Missouri (9)
As of November 24, there have been 63 laboratory-confirmed cases of Salmonella Soahanina, Sundsvall and Oranienburg illness linked to this outbreak in the following provinces: British Columbia (12), Ontario (12), Quebec (35), Prince Edward Island (2) and Newfoundland and Labrador (2). Additional Salmonella infections are under investigation and more illnesses associated with this outbreak may
With the report by the CDC and Minnesota Department of Health that 2 deaths have been linked to the Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak, it certainly brought of the deadly Jensen Farms Listeria Cantaloupe of 2011 – it seems like yesterday when I represented the families of a who died – from eating a cantaloupe.
As of
Total Illnesses: 99
Hospitalizations: 45
Deaths: 2
Last Illness Onset: 11/6/2023
States with Cases: AR, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI
Product Distribution: Nationwide
Whole fresh cantaloupes with a label