Fruit Fresh Up, Inc. Recalls Fresh Cut Cantaloupe and Cut Mixed Fruit Containing Cantaloupe Distributed in New York State Because of Possible Health Risk

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Title: Fruit Fresh Up, Inc. Recalls Fresh Cut Cantaloupe and Cut Mixed Fruit Containing Cantaloupe Distributed in New York State Because of Possible Health Risk

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Fruit Fresh Up, Inc. Recalls Fresh Cut Cantaloupe and Cut Mixed Fruit Containing Cantaloupe Distributed in New York State Because of Possible Health Risk

10/06/2011 09:09 PM EDT

Fruit Fresh Up, Inc. of Depew, New York is recalling approximately 4,800 individual packages of FRESH CUT CANTALOUPE AND CUT MIXED FRUIT CONTAINING CANTALOUPE because they have the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

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