2018 Salmonella Adelaide Infections Linked to Pre-Cut Melon (Final Update) – Advice to Consumers and Retailers
Final Update
This outbreak appears to be over. CDC recommends that consumers, restaurants, and retailers choose and handle fruit safely to help prevent foodborne illness. Wash hands and food preparation surfaces before and after preparing fruit. Refrigerate precut fruit at 40°F or colder.
CDC recommends that consumers, restaurants, and retailers always choose and handle fruits safely to help prevent foodborne illness.
- Throw away fruits and vegetables that are spoiled or have been recalled.
- Wash and sanitize countertops as well as drawers or shelves in refrigerators where recalled items were stored.
- If buying precut and packaged fruits or vegetables, choose ones that are refrigerated or kept on ice and keep them refrigerated at home.
- Wash your hands, kitchen utensils, and food preparation surfaces, including chopping boards and countertops, before and after preparing fruits and vegetables.
- Keep fruits and vegetables separate from other foods that could contaminate them, such as raw meat and seafood.
- Refrigerate fruits and vegetables that you have cut up, peeled, or cooked as soon as possible, or within 2 hours. Refrigerate within 1 hour if the temperature outside is above 90°F. Chill them at 40°F or below in a clean container.
Contact a healthcare provider if you have:
- High fever (temperature over 101.5°F)
- Diarrhea for more than 3 days that is not improving
- Bloody stools
- Prolonged vomiting that prevents you from keeping liquids down
- Signs of dehydration, such as:
- Making very little urine
- Dry mouth and throat
- Dizziness when standing up
Retailers and restaurants should always choose and handle fruits safely to help prevent foodborne illness.
- Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell recalled pre-cut melon.
- Wash and sanitize any crates or other containers where recalled pre-cut melon were held or sold. Use a solution of chlorine bleach and hot water or another appropriate sanitizer, following the instructions provided on the label.
- Wash your hands, kitchen utensils, and food preparation surfaces, including chopping boards and countertops, before and after preparing fruits and vegetables.
- Keep precut fruits and vegetables refrigerated at 40°F or colder or on ice.
