F.D.A. Lifts Restrictions On Melons.

UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration; MUSKMELON; IMPORT quotas; SALMONELLA diseases; LISTERIA

Faced with a lawsuit by a major produce grower, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday lifted import restrictions on cantaloupes from a Guatemala farm that had been linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak. That outbreak, which led to a recall in March by the importer, Del Monte Fresh Produce, is not related to the current deadly outbreak of illness from another pathogen, listeria, which has been linked to tainted cantaloupes grown in Colorado. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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