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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Sep 22 2011 : 07:11:55 AM
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/16/news/la-heb-cantaloupe-listeriosis-colorado-20110916
Some of you may already know about it. We grew out own, but wanted to buy one to dehydrate for fruit leather. I guess I'll be checking the produce stand down the road.
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Sep 23 2011 : 08:02:53 AM
I actually bought one of these melons and got a call from the grocery store I purchased it at. They said since I used my loyalty card for the purchase they were calling to let me know of the recall. The bad thing is, I remember buying it right before Labor Day weekend and we took it camping with us. It wound up going to my Dad's campsite who cooked the breakfasts and it didn't get eaten so they took it home and wound up eating it at home. He's 84 and has Lupus so I've been rather worried about him. Now they are saying you can get sick up to 2 months after eating a contaminated product! So far he's not sick but I'm still worried.
Audrey
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Sep 22 2011 : 09:46:48 AM
I do wash my fruit well, especially the melons with having to be cut (as mentioned). We grow our own each season, but this year they rotted due to the wetness.
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| Annika |
Posted - Sep 22 2011 : 08:08:13 AM
Thanks for the warning, I was going to buy a few cantaloupe to make into chutney, I'll be really cautious and safe now even if it is grown local.
Annika
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Sep 22 2011 : 08:00:06 AM
Hi girls -
I had heard on one program if you wash the cantaloupe rinds with a mixture of water with a little bit of bleach it will kill the Listeria and it will be fine. I found a site that recommends 3 cups water to one teaspoon bleach. They said on the program that the problem occurs when you cut into the food. The Listeria on the unwashed skin gets into the flesh and that's how people are getting sick. This can happen on all fruits and vegetables. To be honest, though, I wouldn't take any chances.
Here is a link, though, to the CDC's findings http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/listeriosis/091211.html . If you check the bottom of the page, there's a section called "Advice to Consumers" that gives you more information on washing the melons (ALL melons?!) and other foods in which listeria may lurk, and the appropriate handling instructions.
I wonder if the foods we produce in our gardens are as subject to this as the ones grown on commercial farms?
- Nini
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| sherrye |
Posted - Sep 22 2011 : 07:48:51 AM
thanks for the heads up. since we get the produce that is thrown out from a chain store i will not feed it out. i will compost it.
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