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<div>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling three brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Aerial view of vendors setting up their cantaloupe stands to sell at Lo Valledor central wholesale produce market in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matias Delacroix</div>

Mexico closes melon-packing plant implicated in cantaloupe salmonella outbreak

There have been 6 deaths reported in Canada

 

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is telling people to discard a specific brand of cantaloupes after it was linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak. There have been six deaths in Canada since the outbreak, and 17 confirmed cases in B.C. since Nov. 15. (Pixabay)

6th death reported in cantaloupe salmonella outbreak

There have been 17 cases in British Columbia

 

The Public Health Agency of Canada says one person has died after a salmonella outbreak linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes. Cantaloupes are displayed for sale in Virginia on Saturday, July 28, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/J. Scott Applewhite

One person dead in salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe: PHAC

63 confirmed cases and 17 people hospitalized

 

<div>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling three brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Aerial view of vendors setting up their cantaloupe stands to sell at Lo Valledor central wholesale produce market in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matias Delacroix</div>

3 provinces report illnesses as cantaloupes recalled due to risk of salmonella

B.C. has 8 confirmed cases

<div>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling three brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Aerial view of vendors setting up their cantaloupe stands to sell at Lo Valledor central wholesale produce market in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matias Delacroix</div>
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is telling people to discard a specific brand of cantaloupes after it was linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak. A Nov. 15, 2023 public health notice says there have been eight cases so far in the province. (Pixabay)

8 salmonella cases in B.C. linked to cantaloupes

B.C. Centre for Disease Control urges people to throw out the Malichita brand fruit

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is telling people to discard a specific brand of cantaloupes after it was linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak. A Nov. 15, 2023 public health notice says there have been eight cases so far in the province. (Pixabay)