A list of stores affected by a salmonella outbreak tied to pre-cut melon products was released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Georgia had 27 stores included on the CDC’s list. One is Jekyll Market on North Beachview Drive in Jekyll Island, and the other 16 were Sprouts Farmers Markets across metro Atlanta.
The cities include Atlanta, Cumming, Decatur, Duluth, Dunwoody, East Point, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Peachtree City, Peachtree Corners, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Suwanee and Woodstock. The specific locations can be found here.
The CDC announced Saturday that Georgia was one of several states where salmonella cases were tied to fresh cut watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe and fruit medley products produced by Caito Foods LLC in its Indianapolis facility. The company issued a recall Friday.
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The recalled products were also distributed to Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.
The announcement also said at least 60 people had been affected nationwide and 31 had been hospitalized, but no one had died.
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