Fruit Recall Linked To These 18 Georgia Grocery Stores

EMPORIA, VA — Eighteen stores in Georgia have been linked to this week's recall of pre-cut melons, according to the Food and Drug Administration. One of the stores is Jekyll Market on Jekyll Island, while the other 17 stores are Sprout locations in the Atlanta metro, officials said as of Saturday. Other retail locations may be added to the list, according to the new update. (See the full list of stores below.)

Fruit salad mixes containing pre-cut melon have been connected to a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened at least 60 people, officials said.

These are the stores that reported the melons under recall were on their shelves:

• Sprouts Farmers Market, 1845 Piedmont Ave. Atlanta
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 530 Lakeland Plz., Cumming
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 2551 Blackmon Drive, Decatur
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 2220 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Duluth
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 2480 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 1239 Oakleigh Drive East Point, Atlanta
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 1250 Scenic Highway, Ste. 1704, Lawrenceville
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 4101 Roswell Road, Marietta
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 3805 Dallas Hwy. SW Ste 200, Marietta
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 2015 E. Highway 54, Peachtree City
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 5130 Peachtree Pkwy., Peachtree Corners
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 10800 Alpharetta Hwy., Roswell
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 4600 Roswell Rd. #A100, Sandy Springs
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 4330 East-West Conn., Smyrna
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 3630 Peachtree Pkwy., Suwanee
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 4310 Lavista Road, Suite A200, Tucker
• Sprouts Farmers Market, 1430 Towne Lake Parkway, Woodstock

Consumers should not eat the following items sold in clear plastic clamshell containers from locations included in the recall, according to the Food and Drug Administration:

• Fresh cut watermelon
• Honeydew melon
• Cantaloupe
• Fresh-cut fruit medleys that contain watermelon, honeydew or cantaloupe

Eating products contaminated with Salmonella can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. While most infections last 4 to 7 days and do not require treatment, some people get diarrhea so severe that they need to be hospitalized.

So far, 31 people have been hospitalized from with the pre-cut melon recall, according to the Food and Drug Administration reported. Nobody has died.

Salmonella can be fatal for young children, older adults and those whose immune systems are weakened.
People who have symptoms of Salmonella infection should contact their health care provider.

There have been 60 people sickened in five states, all located in the Midwest, as of Friday, according to federal health officials; no illnesses have been reported in Georgia.

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While the contamination remains under investigation, authorities say evidence has pointed to Caito Foods, which has voluntarily recalled the pre-cut melon products it has distributed in more than 20 states. Products have been recalled from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Initially, authorities said that the recall may apply to these stores: Sprouts, Costco, Kroger, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart and Whole Foods/Amazon. The list may be updated, and officials caution that it may have been sold under a different name.

Federal health officials announced the recall on June 8 for several states, including Georgia.

See the latest list of stores impacted by the melon recall from the Food and Drug Administration and the agency's page about the recall.

SEE ALSO: GA Food Recall: Pre-Cut Melons Linked To Salmonella Outbreak

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