Investigators examining samples of melons at an L&M farm in Florida have revealed that they have found no further evidence of salmonella following last week's cantaloupe recall from Wal-Mart stores in North and South Carolina.
A random Food and Drug Administration test on 14 May on a melon sample led to the recall by Raleigh-based L&M.
The whole cantaloupes were sold between 10-15 May 2009 in WalmartSupercenter stores in North and South Carolina, and at a similar storein South Hill, Virginia, with consumers urged to destroy anymelons that they may have purchased.
According to Lee Anne Oxford, director of marketing at L&M, no illnesses have been reported as a result of consuming the cantaloupe melons.
She told The Packer that the group had stopped shipping melons from the grower, Pass Line Farms, who follows a good agricultural practices programme and has not experienced food safety issues in the past.
'We feel good about the traceback process and our food safety team did a good job with the recall and trace forward process,' Ms Oxford added. 'It's been a hard time and the grower has done the right things and is being very responsible. This is a devastating financial loss to a small grower.'
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