{"id":1302,"date":"2016-08-03T00:12:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T00:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrifood.swim.net.au\/news\/investigation-into-salmonella-possibly-linked-to-rockmelon\/"},"modified":"2016-08-03T00:12:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T00:12:52","slug":"investigation-into-salmonella-possibly-linked-to-rockmelon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/agrifood.swim.net.au\/fr\/news\/investigation-into-salmonella-possibly-linked-to-rockmelon\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into Salmonella possibly linked to Rockmelon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State and territory food enforcement agencies are investigating cases of Salmonella, possibly associated with rockmelon, following an increase in cases in a number of states in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>While we wait for further information, the best advice is that consumers, especially infants, the elderly, pregnant women or people with compromised immune systems, should not consume rockmelon.<\/p>\n<p>FSANZ will continue to work with the state and territory enforcement agencies and the Federal Department of Health and update its advice to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Further food safety advice regarding the safe preparation and storage of rockmelon can be found on the NSW Food Authority website.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au\/foodsafetyandyou\/special-care-foods\/rockmelons\">http:\/\/www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au\/foodsafetyandyou\/special-care-foods\/rockmelons<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT US:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please contact us on 1800 801 312 or email lab.vic@agrifood.com.au for more details on Salmonella Testing&nbsp;or to speak with a Technical representative about the Microbiological Testing Services we offer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Reproduced with permission from FSANZ: Original article by FSANZ, Published on NSW Food Authority Website, 2\/08\/2016<\/em><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State and territory food enforcement agencies are investigating cases of Salmonella, possibly associated with rockmelon, following an increase in cases in a number of\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-1302","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrifood.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrifood.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrifood.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrifood.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}