Melon food safety: what you should know
Critical priority
What you should do
- 1When handling melons, follow our food safety tips, such as:Choose melons that are firm.
- 2Do not buy melons that are bruised or damaged.
- 3Melons can become contaminated through bruises and damaged parts of the rind.
- 4Some melons may have blemishes on one side.
- 5This is usually where the melon was resting on the ground during growth.
The issue
Microbial contamination
Affected product
Melons
Where it was sold
Canada (national)Reported in the official notice — confirm there.
Issued by
Health Canada
Read the official Government of Canada notice
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