Salmonella Summer: Watermelon, Honeydew, Canteloupe, and Honey Combs?

Salmonella Summer

Let’s just eat bacon – we’ve never heard anyone recall bacon! This salmonella outbreak is simply getting ridiculous, and its ruining everything we love to eat during the summer months. Currently precut watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, and any fruit salad that contains any of these items are being recalled because they’ve been tainted with a dangerous strain of salmonella bacteria. This includes all precut fruit in any of the plastic clamshell packages which carry generic labels.

The recall affects 23 states where Costco, JayC, Kroger, Payless, Owen’s, Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Walgreens, Walmart, and Whole Foods/Amazon are located. 60 people have gotten ill so far, almost 40 of the sick have been hospitalized. They’re currently conducting an investigation to find out the origin of the contamination.

As if not being able to pick up a package of cold, juicy, watermelon during your lunch break isn’t bad enough. Now one of your favorite cereals is also being recalled. Kellog announced that it’s pulling 1.3 million boxes of Honey Smacks cereal. The US Food & Drug Administration along with Kellogg issued the recall after evidence linked the cereal to over 60 illnesses.

So, be careful out here this summer, wash your chicken, and Just eat bacon.