Cantaloupes tested positive for salmonella

The Dole Fresh Fruit Company recalled several thousand cartons of imported cantaloupes after the fruit tested positive for salmonella. The recall, which covers the eastern United States and the Canadian province of Quebec, is the second prompted by salmonella fears this week. On Wednesday, ConAgra Foods recalled its Peter Pan brand and certain batches of Wal-Mart’s Great Value house brand of peanut butter after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 300 people in 39 states. Dole said there had been no reports of illness as a result of the contaminated cantaloupes, which were grown in Costa Rica.