There was a Cantaloupe recall today. The FDA is warning everyone to throw any cantaloupe that's linked to a Honduran company where the outbreak of salmonella is believed to have come from.

No one's died, but apparently fourteen people have been hospitalized and are seriously ill.

If you bought any recently check with your store to see if it came from out of Honduras!

haha xD death by cantaloupe....

ok I'm sorry. i know it's not funny. but that though just flashed through my mind when I read your post.

Oh my... I ate cantaloupe yesterday!
Well, I don't think my parents buy food products from any companies in the vicinity of the Honduras, and I don't feel ill... o___x

Ah, that's so sad.
I quite like cantaloupe.
Hopefully, however, this won't end like the whole Spinach fiasco.

Yeah I usually buy my fruits and veggies from the local farmers market, but if you go out to eat somewhere you can never be sure where they buy their food from and where it was imported from.

Just be careful guys! I think there were 16 different states where people have gotten ill!

cantaloupe.... ? lol, i don't even eat it. thanks god. xD .

ok now it's definately not funny O___o;

I just looked at the sticker on the other half of the cantalope I ate earlier, and it's from the Honduran company. wonderful xD *starts preparing her last will and testament*

That would really be a bad way to go O=
death by fruite...I thought they were suppose to be good for you O=

wait... anyone care to explain to me what cantaloupe is??

Are you kidding me? I just bought a cantaloupe today and ate some of it. I was wondering why they were so cheap! Let me go check for the brand...

Edit: Phew, mine was from Costa Rica, not Honduras.

Originally Posted by HotaruHoshi

wait... anyone care to explain to me what cantaloupe is??

lol, yeah, my mom always used to say:
eat your fruit/veggies. they are good for you! now i'm scared. *shivers*

huh they're fruit and veggies and still don't get it *cries* I feel so left out

Originally Posted by katla

ok now it's definately not funny O___o;

I just looked at the sticker on the other half of the cantalope I ate earlier, and it's from the Honduran company. wonderful xD *starts preparing her last will and testament*

I would recommend making a doctors appt. quickly or at least call them and ask what the best course of action is. I hope your alright!

Check out this website for information on Salmonella It might help

Originally Posted by HotaruHoshi

huh they're fruit and veggies and still don't get it *cries* I feel so left out

This is a Cantaloupe

Michelle: ok thanks! hopefully it won't affect me. although I probably won't be able to tell if it does cause I'm already sick and have been for the past two days xD talk about good timing...

This title made me crack up.
I had like this whole scene going where there was some maniac in this crowded room holding a cantaloupe and twitching and being like "I'll do it, I will!! o__0"
And there's some man a few feet away and he's like "C'mon man. Careful with that cantaloupe! You don't want to do this. D:"

x___x;

Anyway, I haven't heard of this. Do you know what states are infected? Because my dad likes cantaloupe and tends to impulsively buy them when he goes to the store. And, I don't really want to die in such a lame manner. xD

Could you imagine, an obituary in the paper: "Died at the age of 17 after eating a bad piece of fruit." >.<

@`Kitami ^.^ That's a funny cantaloupe scene... but yeah I read a few articles and they all said that the FDA wants every one to be careful about where they buy their cantaloupe right now no matter what state they are in.

All they said though was that it's been in 16 different states that people have become ill. They haven't named states, I think because they don't want people to be too careful and think "Well I don't live in Missouri so I'll be fine" you know? Missouri was just an example though.

Why would they be contaminated? I mean, you don't eat the peel...

Anyway, I don't eat cantaloupe all that often, but I'll be sure to check.

@Kitami: I thought of a similar scene when I read the title. :lol:

*sigh* and still... the world gets sick and I'm STILL healthy >.> what's going on here? Everyone around me gets the flue, cantaloupeness, or the cold... and I can't even get anything >.<

thanks or the warning though... but my mom buys cantaloupe so rare the blue moon comes around more often >.<

Oddly enough, I live in Missouri. o_0
But yeah, I shall just have to ban cantaloupe from the household. :[

Bunni- Good, then I wasn`t the only one. xD

For some reason, I got a mental image of someone chucking fruit all over a room and nearly nailing someone in the head with a cantaloupe when I read the topic title. XD

But damn. D: Thank god I don't eat cantaloupe nearly as often as I should/would like. o_o;

I hate it when things like this happen. Murphy's Law works overtime, it seems - everyone gets sick BEFORE people freak out about the recall...but then AFTER the recall, when people are going "OH CRAP, I JUST ATE TAINTED FOOD, I'M GONNA DIE!" next to nothing more happens, and people are just worked up over nothing.

Or maybe that's just me. ^^;

It's sad that the FDA Doesn't do a good enough job to prevent things like food recalls from happening in the first place. Maybe they should actually pay attention to things then people wouldn't have to worry about what they eat. It's really sad when you have to be worried about contracting diseases by eating something.

Wow, this is news I hadn't come across yet. *hasn't been keeping up with the news daily lately* ^^;

Well...I'm allergic to cantaloupe. I was really sad when I started reacting poorly to it...but I guess it came in handy. xD When I like something, I consume it in huuuge amounts.

o.O
I guess I'm lucky we can't have cantaloupe in the house because my moms allergic to it. That's crazy though.

I'm counting myself lucky that I don't like cantaloupe! I won't touch the stuff, so I guess I'll be safe. That and I live in canada, we're cooler up here. I bet our cantaloupes are fine! lol :D

Mom just bought one yesterday. D:

She didn't eat it yet though.

I told her this, and she's gonna ask the store she bought it from where it came from.
'Cause it doesn't exactly say on the cantaloupe. :B