UPDATE: Cantaloupe Salmonella Warning Issued in Missouri
Consumer are advised to throw out any cantaloupe grown in southwest Indiana. Schnucks stores pulled cantaloupe from the area and a specific farm has now been identified as a likely source.
UPDATED: 1:50 p.m. Aug. 23- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued the warning this week. It said Missouri has 12 confirmed cases of Salmonella Typhimurium according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana is the focus of the outbreak and consumers are advised to throw out cantaloupe from that area. It should be identified by a sticker on the cantaloupe. According to USA today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified Chamberlain Farms, in Owensville, as a source of the outbreak. Schnucks Spokesperson Lori Willis tells Patch that Schnucks does receive cantaloupe from southwest Indiana, but pulled all cantaloupe from that area from store shelves…
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