date:Aug 06, 2012
Athena cantaloupes are not subject to recall, the company said. The correction is not an expansion of the recall.
No illnesses have yet been reported.
The company has recalled 13,888 cases (9 cantaloupes per) and 581 crates (110 cantaloupes per) containing 188,902 melons in all.
Burch Farms expanded its recall from an original 580 cases after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspection discovered unsanitary conditions at the company's packing shed.
The original recall of 580 cases came on