North Carolina firm conducts voluntary recall of cantaloupe after random sample tests for listeria

Nearly 600 cases of whole Athena (SEE NOTE BELOW) cantaloupes are being voluntarily recalled by Burch Equipment LLC in North Carolina after a random sample tested positive for listeria monocytogenes.

The cantaloupes were shipped July 15 and distributed to retail stores operating in the northeastern U.S.

Burch is requesting that consumers possessing the cantaloupes destroy them as a precaution. The products are identified with a red Burch Farms label and carry the PLU #4319.

For more information, call 910-267-5781 or email [email protected]. The company is working with FDA and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

ED. NOTE: THE COMPANY SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED THE RECALL NOTICE TO SAY THAT THE BRAND BEING RECALLED IS CARIBBEAN GOLD, NOT ATHENA.