FDA Recalls Infected Melons

The FDA is telling people to throw out any cantaloupes from a Honduran company believed to be linked to a salmonella outbreak.

Some 50 people across 16 states and nine people in Canada have fallen ill after eating the melons. There haven't been any deaths, but the Food and Drug Administration says 14 people have been hospitalized.

The government has issued an alert for melons shipped by the company (Agropecuaria Montelibano). Grocers are advised to remove them from their stock, while people are advised to check with stores to see if any recently purchased cantaloupes came from Honduras.

The FDA is also advising against purchasing or eating any bruised or damaged cantaloupes. And it recommends discarding cut cantaloupe if it's left at room temperature for more than two hours.

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