AP/ August 18, 2012, 6:36 AM

Cantaloupe-linked salmonella kills two

(AP) Health officials in Indiana and Kentucky say they are investigating farms, distributors and retailers after an outbreak of salmonella that has killed two and sickened at least 141 people nationwide was linked to cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana.

Officials Friday advised all Indiana residents to discard cantaloupes purchased since July 7.

The Kentucky Department of Public Health warned people not to eat the cantaloupes. Tests found the fruit carried the same strain of salmonella that has killed two and sickened more than 50 in Kentucky.

Salmonella infections result in diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. Most people recover without treatment, but severe infections can occur in infants, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says 31 have been hospitalized in this outbreak that has hit 20 states.

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nohater says:
is anyone ever arrested for selling contaminated foods? shouldn't they be arrested especially when people die? would think the charge would be something like involuntary manslaughter.
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jtdev1 says:
Nope, We don't have a problem with our food supply.

Carry on.....
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hlmelsaidtwitter says:
The same strain of disease.
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audemus says:
"WE DON'T NEED NONE A-THEM POINTY-HEADED INTULLECTUALS TELLIN' US WHAT TO DO...."
-George Wallace
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MIO42 says:
Irrigated with uh, well I don't even want to go there?!
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nor-one says:
If those damn regulators hadn't spotted this we could have sold the whole lot! Vote romny/ryan!!!
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kbbpll replies:
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Let the free market determine which cantaloupes will kill you! Public health departments are socialist!
newsjunkie_56 replies:
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We're all gonna die some day.....let's not let the Gov. tell us how it'll be. I'll eat and enjoy my cantaloupe as well as other foods and drinks that the Gov. is always saying is bad today and ok tomorrow. Even misquitto's (sp?) are now a "health hazard." PULEEEEZE......they wonder why we don't take them seriously LOL!
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X2670 says:
Food 'Russian Roulette' moves to the melon category this week in America.
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