Charlie's Produce of Spokane, WA is recalling Charlie's Produce Brand Cut Cantaloupe Products

Although the Vermont Foodbank did not distribute any of the following recalled produce please check your inventory and discard any that you find.  Programs near the New York State border should be extra diligent as this produce was available in markets in New York.  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an import alert regarding entry of cantaloupe from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer, because, based on current information, fruit from this company appears to be associated with a Salmonella Litchfield outbreak in the United States and Canada. The import alert advises FDA field offices that all cantaloupes shipped to the United States by this company are to be detained.       

To date, the FDA has received reports of 50 illnesses in 16 states and nine illnesses in Canada linked to the consumption of cantaloupes. No deaths have been reported; however, 14 people have been hospitalized. The states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. 

At the same time, Charlie's Produce of Spokane, WA is recalling Charlie's Produce Brand Cut Cantaloupe Products, which may have been supplied from Agropecuaria Monteilbano, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. 

The products recalled by Charlie's Produce Spokane include the following fruit items containing cut cantaloupe:

Retail Products:        

Cut Fruit 4 Section – 40oz        
Cut Cantaloupe – 24oz, 16oz, 8oz 
Cut Honeydew/Cantaloupe - 16oz         
Mixed Fruit –24oz, 16oz, 8oz
Rainbow - 24oz, 16oz, 8oz 
Cut Fruit Tray Deli – 12', 8'       
Cut Fruit Tray - 76oz, 40oz 8' 
Grab & Go Fruit Tray - 16oz

Foodservice Products:        

Cut Cantaloupe – 20lb, 64oz 
Cut Mixed Fruit – 20lb, 64oz 

The above products containing cantaloupe were distributed in Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana to retail stores, delis, and foodservice institutions.

No illnesses have been reported to date.