date:Jan 10, 2023
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Authorities in Honduras did an onsite inspection of the growing farm in June 2021. A risk management plan was developed. There had been heavy rain for three days during the harvest. Salmonella Braenderup matching the outbreak strain was found on the surface of a washing tank in one of the Honduran facilities where Galia melons were packed.
A variety of sources of contamination were possible; the most likely being that unusually high rainfall in Honduras during the harvest period resulted