FDA Issues Warning on Canteloupes

03-23-2008, 04:02 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) —

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People should throw away cantaloupes from a Honduran manufacturer believed to be linked to a salmonella outbreak, the government said Saturday.........<read the article here> The 16 states which have reported illnesses are Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

03-23-2008, 04:04 AM

Thank you Nate! I think it's time I started my own veggie garden. I am tired of hearing this kind of story!

03-23-2008, 05:22 AM

I agree Jess! Is anything safe anymore?? Canteloupe is a favorite around here. Unbelievable! Thanks for the info though Nate!

03-23-2008, 07:17 AM

I only buy in season NJ loupes from LOCAL farms. They are the best! I still wash the skin good before I cut it though.

03-23-2008, 07:40 AM

We have the same info in canada here.

GRow your own peeps. I have done . I am not in position to do that now but i used to.

04-08-2008, 06:17 AM

I know this is late, but do they mean true cantaloupes, or the musk melons we enjoy here in the states? The difference is important

04-08-2008, 07:39 AM

I'm really not sure about that. I took it to mean cantaloupes, the ones with the rough skin. Musk melons have smooth skin don't they?

04-08-2008, 07:41 AM

hmmmm now I'm going to have to check what I picked up from Sam's Club on Saturday.

04-08-2008, 07:54 AM

The fruit that we call the cantaloupe is, in actuality, really a muskmelon. The true cantaloupe is a different species of melon that is mostly grown in France and rarely found in the United States. It derives its name from the Italian papal village of Cantalup where it was first cultivated around 1700 A.D. From hereon, we will still use the term "cantaloupe" when referring to the muskmelon.

The cantaloupe is a melon that belongs to the same family as the cucumber, squash, pumpkin and gourd, and like many of its relatives, it grows on the ground on a trailing vine. It is round or oval in shape and usually has a ribless rind. Having a distinctive netted skin, it is also referred to as netted melon. Many of the cantaloupes available today are hybrids of muskmelons and true cantaloupes and have qualities that reflect both.

Cantaloupes range in color from orange-yellow to salmon and have a soft and juicy texture with a sweet, musky aroma that emanates through the melon when it is ripe. Cantaloupes feature a hollow cavity that contains their seeds encased in a web of netting.

Cantaloupe is also known as rockmelon in several parts of the world.

The scientific name for cantaloupe is Cucumis melo.

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So I am to assume they mean our own muskmelon, in their description. I think! LOL

04-08-2008, 10:16 AM

I actually only support Florida growers (locally grown), and only at fruit stands. I can't remember the last time I purchased melons at a supermarket (including Wal-Mart).