Honduran prez blasts U.S melon warning

The president of Honduras expressed his displeasure at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall of Honduran cantaloupes infected with salmonella. As reported by the Associated Press:

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya called the move "extreme and imprudent," noting that the melons were contaminated on their peel, not inside, meaning they may have come in contact with salmonella bacteria after they were shipped.

"It's unjust that the (U.S.) has declared a unilateral health alert without any laboratory or clinical tests," he told reporters.

According to the FDA, fifty people in sixteen states have become ill from the tainted cantaloupes grown by Agropecuaria Montelibano. Canadian health officials are considering their own recall after nine people got sick with salmonella.

(Hat tip: Gothamist).

Sources- International Herald Tribune, MarketWatch, AHN, Associated Press, Gothamist

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