Personal Injury Law

It is Spring in Paris - It must be time to recall Salmonella Cantaloupe in the United States

By Bill Marler, Esq.

I just finished a day at the Louvre, walking along the Seine and trying to find the French I learned in college, as I ordered a meal with my daughter at a cafe on a busy avenue.  I then was brought back to what Spring is really all about - another Cantaloupe recall due to Salmonella. 

Apparently, a North Carolina company is recalling whole cantaloupes sold this week in Wal-Mart stores across North and South Carolina and in South Hill, Virginai, because they could be contaminated with Salmonella.  L&M Companies Inc. says the cantaloupes all came from the same small farm where a melon tested positive for the organism this week. No illnesses from eating the cantaloupes had been reported as of Friday.  Officials say the cantaloupes were sold at Wal-Mart stores from Sunday through Friday. Anyone who bought cantaloupes from those stores during that time should destroy them.

Over the last several years, it seems each Spring we hear of yet another recall.  Many have invloved severe illnesses and even deaths.  Let's hope this testing and recall catches it before it becomes a problem again.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on May 15, 2009 (boomark / email).