Nationwide salmonella outbreak in cantaloupes infects 11 Utahns

Dec 19, 2023, 11:30 AM | Updated: May 30, 2024, 9:05 am

multiple cantaloupe pictured sliced in half...

Cantaloupe halves are displayed for sale at a supermarket in New York on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. In 2023, hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened in a growing outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated whole and pre-cut cantaloupe. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)
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(AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

BY SAM HERRERA

Former Digital Content Producer

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that the nationwide outbreak of salmonella in cantaloupes had affected at least 11 Utahns. A recall has been in place since November to try to control the outbreak.

The DHHS said five of the 11 people infected had to be hospitalized.

According to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest information, 302 people in the U.S. have been infected. Of those, 129 were hospitalized and four died.

Foodborne Diseases Epidemiologist with the DHHS, Delaney Moore, joined Dave and Dujanovic to share more on the outbreak:

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