Following the Saturday warning of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency advised consumers that cantaloupes grown in Honduras are being recalled after salmonella outbreaks in North America.

Officials have cautioned the public not to eat melons from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer. The melons may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria and appear to be related to salmonella litchfield reports in Canada and the US.

Reports of salmonella outbreaks have downed nine people in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick, and 50 people in 16 U.S. states.

The affected melons were distributed in Canada by Federated Co-Op in all western provinces, the three territories and northwestern Ontario, and Canada Safeway stores in B.C. only. Other distributors or retailers may have received cantaloupes from the grower. The food agency is still investigating the extent of the melons' distribution in the country.

Consumers who already bought fresh cantaloupes or other products with bits of fresh cantaloupe are asked to check with their groceries if the fruit came from Agropecuaria Montelibano.

Salmonella can be deadly in children, the elderly or those with weakened immune systems. Symptoms of infection include high fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Long-term complications can include severe arthritis.