Cantaloupe shippers concerned over outbreak fallout
The Malichita brand of cantaloupes has been recalled over the past three weeks. A linked Salmonella contamination has resulted in almost 162 illnesses and three deaths so far. However, grower-shippers say the reality is that these recalls are all linked to the same product, label and distributor--a fact that isn’t being communicated as well as they would like it to be.
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