{"id":2108128,"date":"2023-11-26T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fatal-fruit-wake-up-call-infectious-outbreak-crosses-border-new-death-confirmed\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T14:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T19:03:37","slug":"fatal-fruit-wake-up-call-infectious-outbreak-crosses-border-new-death-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fatal-fruit-wake-up-call-infectious-outbreak-crosses-border-new-death-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Fruit: Cross-Border Outbreak Spreads, Another Fatality Reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffatal-fruit-wake-up-call-infectious-outbreak-crosses-border-new-death-confirmed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2108128&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Urgent\u2064 Note from Our Staff:<\/h2>\n<p><em><b>An Urgent\u200d Note from Our\u200d Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal has been\u200b labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply because we have a biblical worldview and speak the truth about what is happening\u200d in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We \u2062refuse\u2064 to let Big Tech and woke advertisers dictate the content\u200b we share with our community. We stand for truth. We stand for freedom.\u2063 We stand with\u200d our readers.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re asking you to help us in this fight. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We can\u2019t do this without you<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pedophile-hunters-one-man-crusade-brought-to-bloody-end-as-hes-shot-and-killed-during-confrontation\/\" title=\"Pedophile hunter's lone mission ends tragically with fatal shooting.\">donation\u200c directly helps fund<\/a> our\u200c editorial team of writers and editors. \u200cIf you\u200d would rather <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">become a WJ member<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  outright, you can do \u200cthat today as well.\u2063 Your support \u2062means we can continue to expose false\u2064 narratives \u2062and defend traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please stand with us by donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Fatal Fruit: &#8216;Wake-Up Call&#8217; Infectious Outbreak Crosses Border, New Death Confirmed<\/h2>\n<p>On Black Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an ominous warning that\u2062 there was an outbreak of Salmonella infections \u2014\u2062 an outbreak that had swiftly doubled\u200d since \u2063the organization first noted the issue a week\u2064 prior on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2023\/s1124-salmonella-fruits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday update<\/a> noted that since the Nov. 17 report,\u2064 \u201can additional\u2062 56 people\u201d were infected with the \u201coutbreak strain\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/three-brands-named-growing-recall-fda-announces-number-sickened-consumers-doubled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salmonella<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That brings the U.S. total count to 99 infections across 32\u200d states.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Nov. 17 update, another 28 \u200cpeople \u200bhave also been hospitalized, bringing total hospitalizations\u2064 to 45.<\/p>\n<p>On top of all\u2063 that, Minnesota has also reported two deaths linked to the Salmonella outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Public Health Agency of Canada \u2014 \u2064an official arm of the country\u2019s government \u2014 \u200dhas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/public-health-notices\/2023\/outbreak-salmonella-infections-malichita-cantaloupes.html#a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that the same outbreak has claimed a life north of the border, as well as an\u200d additional \u201c63 laboratory-confirmed cases\u201d of \u2063Salmonella in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has also seen 17 individuals be hospitalized due to the issue.<\/p>\n<p>As to the source of this sudden international outbreak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/skin-disfiguring-parasite-plagues-middle-east-latin-america-asia-now-detected-us-cdc-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the CDC<\/a> notes that \u201cinterviews with sick people and laboratory \u2064findings\u201d support the thesis that this Salmonella originated with cantaloupes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SALMONELLA OUTBREAK \u2062UPDATE: 99 people sick in 32 states, \u200bincluding 45 \u200dhospitalized and 2 deaths. More whole and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-more-brands-named-in-growing-recall-fda-announces-number-of-sickened-consumers-has-doubled\/\" title=\"FDA doubles number of sickened consumers, adds three more brands to recall\">pre-cut cantaloupe<\/a> have been recalled. Throw them away or return \u2064them: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uPp1P2UcD9\">https:\/\/t.co\/uPp1P2UcD9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GGTPcWLvBn\">pic.twitter.com\/GGTPcWLvBn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CDC (@CDCgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCgov\/status\/1728166624824328650?\">November 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The issue has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fruit-sold-primarily-schools-hospitals-recalled-dozens-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">triggered a recall<\/a> of a variety of cantaloupe brands, which \u2063the CDC noted in a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/salmonella\/sundsvall-11-23\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Various brands and products of cantaloupes that have \u2063been recalled include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cVinyard\u201d brand pre-cut cantaloupes<\/li>\n<li>\u201cALDI\u201d whole cantaloupes<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFreshness Guaranteed\u201d and \u201cRaceTrac\u201d brand pre-cut cantaloupes<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMalichita\u201d\u2063 or \u201cRudy\u201d whole cantaloupes, that include the number 4050 and \u201cProduct of Mexico\/produit due Mexique\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201cMalichita\u201d and \u201cRudy\u201d cantaloupes were also specifically called\u2063 out by the Canadian government, which labeled both types of whole cantaloupes as \u201cthe \u200blikely source of the outbreak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given that those cantaloupes were from Mexico, the lack of oversight on this produce is galling to Dr. Marc Stiegel, a clinical professor of medicine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/salmonella-outbreak-linked-cantaloupes-killed-2-infected-99-wake-up-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cantaloupes come from Mexico, and the bacteria could\u2064 be from food handlers or animal\u2064 or irrigation contamination,\u201d \u200bSiegel told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Siegel said this whole outbreak \u2062and recall was a \u201cfurther wake-up call that produce grown in a place where the U.S. has little \u2063to no control can be packaged and sold\u200b in many states, endangering\u2064 many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According\u2062 to the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/salmonella\/general\/salmonella-symptoms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC<\/a>, the most common symptoms of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cdc-popular-kelloggs-cereal-linked-salmonella-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salmonella<\/a> \u200dinfection include: Diarrhea (potentially\u200c bloody), fever, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, or a headache.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms usually start within the week of\u2064 infection, if not much sooner (the CDC notes that symptoms can manifest in \u200das little as six hours), and can last from \u200cfour days up to a week.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday\u200c afternoon, the CDC investigation \u2062into the Salmonella outbreak is still considered \u201cactive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fatal-fruit-wake-call-infectious-outbreak-crosses-border-new-death-confirmed\/\">Fatal \u200cFruit: &#8216;Wake-Up Call&#8217; Infectious Outbreak Crosses Border, New Death Confirmed<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What measures should consumers and food suppliers \u2063take to prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses like Salmonella<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Mexico\u201d on the sticker<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAdriana&#8217;s\u201d or \u201cCantaloupe Day\u201d whole cantaloupes, that include the number 4050 \u200band \u201cProduct of Mexico\u201d on the sticker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The CDC advises that if \u200cyou\u200c have any\u200b of these recalled cantaloupes, you should not \u200cconsume them and should either throw them away or return\u200c them to the place of purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Salmonella infections can cause\u2062 symptoms such as diarrhea,\u200d fever, and abdominal cramps. \u200dIn severe cases, the infection can spread to the bloodstream and other\u2064 parts of the \u2064body, \u2062and can be fatal, especially for young children, elderly\u200c individuals, \u2063and \u200dthose with weakened immune \u2062systems.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200d outbreak serves as a reminder \u2063of the \u2062importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-cases-of-salmonella-linked-to-raw-milk-products-reported-in-san-diego\/\" title=\"9 Salmonella cases linked to raw milk products reported in San Diego.\">food safety practices<\/a>. It is crucial for both consumers and food suppliers to be vigilant and take appropriate measures to\u2062 prevent\u200b the spread of foodborne illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 conclusion, the Salmonella outbreak related to cantaloupes is a serious issue that has already \u200cresulted in \u200bdeaths \u200cand numerous infections in both \u2062the \u200bUnited States\u200c and Canada. It\u2062 is essential for individuals to be aware of the recalled \u2063products \u2064and take the necessary\u200b steps\u2064 to protect themselves and their loved ones. Additionally, it \u200dhighlights the significance of maintaining strict food safety standards\u2062 to prevent\u2063 such \u2062outbreaks in the\u200c future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Black Friday, the CDC issued a concerning warning about a rapidly growing Salmonella outbreak. In just a week, the number of infections had doubled from the initial report on Nov. 17. 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