"California cantaloupe growers say they escaped a major marketing setback during the height of their harvest season, as consumers did not overreact to a salmonella outbreak traced to melons grown in Indiana.
Last year, a similar food-safety incident at a Colorado cantaloupe farm caused serious consequences for California growers. Consumers nationwide stopped buying cantaloupes from any source for a period of several weeks.
This year's Indiana incident, which has resulted in two deaths and 178 reported illnesses, follows by a few weeks the recall of cantaloupes from North Carolina because of possible contamination..."
