Salmonella poisoning symptoms: What to watch out for as cantaloupe-linked outbreak kills 5 in Canada

A salmonella outbreak across Canada has now claimed five lives, after infections linked to a brand of cantaloupes were sold in October and November.
The number of confirmed cases has nearly doubled in the last week, with 129 people across Canada having been diagnosed with salmonella linked to the outbreak.
Most of the cases are in Quebec, with 17 in Ontario, 15 in B.C. and two confirmed cases in each of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Heidi Petracek reports on what Canadians are being urged to do, and the symptoms to watch for.
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[@billbradley2480]

Probably unsanitary conditions at the fields in Mexico. No porta potty’s for pickers. Etc

[@Progressive_Canadian]

I remember over 20 years ago when my son was a little boy my wife had told me about cantaloupes and held the skin was rough and bacteria could hide in the folds of the cantaloupe skin and so it was very important to wash cantaloupe when you got home. This was over 20 years ago.

[@lastChang]

Should Canada 🇨🇦 stop importing sewage garlic from China?

[@annegreenwood3624]

you need to wash them as when you cut through the skin you can cause more contamination

[@vassiliosca5715]

Safe and effective for those who did not take it!

[@Dictone-kg3tq]

that's why I only eat instant ramen.

[@absolutepowerchannel8980]

I got some the other day. And ppl in the house freaked out. I washed and ate em. How long should this be a concern?

[@Bear1097]

God I can’t wait to start growing my own cantaloupe again in the spring!! ❤❤

[@chrisjoseph6466]

Karl Joseph Eberth who was a physician discovered the salmonella bacillus in the abdominal lymph nodes and the spleen in 1879.

[@camelliam.4235]

I hope they removed all the cantaloupes and investigated the cause.

[@jay6.7powerstroke63]

Prob put them down as c-vid deaths

[@TentaclePentacle]

How does salmonella get inside a whole fruit?

[@mamabearcanada]

I'm so naive thinking in nowadays we are so progressive, so smart , that we don't die from pretty much anything

[@Ang36914]

Could increased humidity from warming temps be the cause? Seems like we’re getting a lot more salmonella cases with produce.

[@BillLionaire12]

good thing I hate cantaloupe