Listeria Outbreak Triggers Fruit Recall.

[elleng]

Nectarines, peaches, plums sold at Albertsons, Aldi, Publix, Safeway, Walmart, other stores

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2023/fruit-recall-listeria-outbreak.html?

[flying_wahini]

1. Cantaloupe, too.

Saw a warning and recall just a few days ago.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I believe the cantaloupe was already cut up.

Why people can't buy a whole cantaloupe and cut it up themselves puzzles me.

[Axelrods_Typewriter]

4. Many people can't cut up a canteloupe because of disabilities.

And these pre-cut things are often sold in smaller quantities than a whole fruit. If you're living by yourself or with just one other person you might not be able to finish a whole canteloupe before it goes bad (or you get sick of it).

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. I somehow doubt that most people buying already cut up cantaloupe

are in any way disabled. Although if you live alone, purchasing an entire cantaloupe can be problematical. I live alone, and I do understand that problem.

[progree]

6. I'm kind of a ring-a-ding-dong that can't judge the ripeness of a whole cantaloupe very well

It happens, we're all on a spectrum as far as cognitive ability.

I got a whole cantaloupe that turned out to be quite far from ripe. I kept checking with little slices every other day or so.Then suddenly it turned massively rotten in 2 days.

When cantaloupe is cut up, even just in half in the store, I can judge the ripeness, overcoming my ring-a-ding-dong handicap. Similarly watermelon.

That said, I also realize that all pre-cut fruit is more likely to harbor some nasty bacteria compared to the whole fruit counterpart.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. Wellllll! The seeds and the rind?

Oh, what the heck, just call me lazy. 😊