South Australian health authorities have detected Salmonella on rockmelons supplied by a Northern Territory rockmelon grower.
The link comes after a spike in Salmonella Hvittingfoss cases, a rare strain of Salmonella, across a number of states in the past weeks, with 86 cases reported nationally, 43 of them in NSW.
Following the positive test results, confirmed by SA Health on Tuesday 2 August, the company ‘Red Dirt’ has said it will undertake a trade level recall of their product, which means it will be removed from the supply chain so consumers can be assured rockmelons currently available on shelves are not implicated in this outbreak.
The NSW Food Authority and the local NT health agency are working with the company in resolving the issue.
Further, as a precautionary measure, the NSW Food Authority advises anyone who may have rockmelon in their home and is unsure of its origin not to consume the product.
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