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Rockmelons for 5c each. Wash well. Maybe avoid if pregnant or immunosuppressed.
Also watermellon is 38c/kilo. I just cut into mine and it is very good.
[QLD] Sweet Rockmelon $0.05 Each @ Blunder Road Country Markets
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And a mod removed it…
Probable a mod contracted listeria
And no longer with us? RIP
Listeria is everywhere. It is unfortunate that some managed to find the way onto the skin of some rock melons.
Sales are down more than 90% so think of all the produce going to landfill
Hysteria is everywhere too!
Hysteria over listeria
all the produce going to landfill
Cheap composting material?
Listeria probably came from when they sold the cut halves in the supermarkets, so full ones are fine. Most should be fine anyway unless your a worry wart
you sure ?
The listeria came from the farm not the supermarkets
I think he means the Listeria was introduced to the fruit when they cut it at the supermarket.
It's present on the outside of melons because they grow on the ground. The rough skin of rockmelons allows it to remain there even when the fruit has been washed.
It can happen when anyone cuts it as the listeria lives on the skin
As a result of the outbreak, the industry is reminding consumers of the safe ways to eat fruit.
Cut fruit should be refrigerated and should not be left outside for more than two hours.
Whole fruit should be washed on the outside, cut on a clean cutting board and the skin should be cut from the outside from the top to the bottom rather than through the middle.@spaceflight: Yeah, but you're more likely to be affected if you're buying the fruit already cut up as you don't know how long it's been there. If you cut yourself you're likely to only cut it when you're going to eat it (or if you cut it in advance you're likely to put it in the fridge). It definitely is a risky food either way though, since not a lot of fruits apart from melons allow the bacteria to grow in the flesh of fruit (you won't get listeriosis from apples, oranges or bananas for example).
If you cut it yourself and the skin has listeria on it you can still transfer the listeria from the skin to the flesh of the fruit and then eat it. The same as can happen in a store.
you won't get listeriosis from apples, oranges or bananas for example
Yes you can and recalls on these fruits have happened.
Aldi recently recalled apples in the USA.Listeria and melons (anything that grows on the soil) go well together because listeria can grow in the soil and melons sit on the soil.
Listeria can also live in water so melons have two possible ways of getting listeria on the skin.Things that grow form trees can only really get listeria from water.
@samfisher5986: yes. Washing like washing to girlfriend doesn't get listeria but if you wash like washing ugli neighbours then more chance of getting listeria.
Lots of fruits & vege grows on & under soil so compare the chances!I'm not saying as I'm not a doctor that but apparently you can't.
I forgot to paste the source url
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/grower-linked-…
@spaceflight: Apples have a low pH so don't support the growth of Listeria on the flesh. Yes Aldi did a recall in America for possible Listeria contamination but nobody got sick.
Listeria and other pathogens are in the soil, and anything that comes in contact with it can contain the bacteria on the surface, but only certain fruits support the growth (i.e. allow the bacteria to multiply in the flesh of the fruit). Melons are the main ones. If a fruit doesn't support Listeria growth, it's unlikely that the bacteria will multiply to life-threatening levels.
The factors that determine whether a fruit will support the growth of Listeria are here:
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/microbiollimits/Pages/C…
6 (1) For the purposes of the Schedule, growth of Listeria monocytogenes will not occur in a ready-to-eat food if –
(a) the food has a pH less than 4.4 regardless of water activity; or
(b) the food has a water activity less than 0.92 regardless of pH; or
(c) the food has a pH less than 5.0 in combination with a water activity of less than 0.94; or
(d) the food has a refrigerated shelf life no greater than 5 days; or
(e) the food is frozen (including foods consumed frozen and those intended to be thawed immediately before consumption); or
(f) it can be validated that the level of Listeria monocytogenes will not increase by greater than 0.5 log cfu/g over the food’s stated shelf life.@samfisher5986: Rockmelon has a rough surface and is a great place for Listeria to hide. There will always be Listeria on the outside of rockmelon. The problem is when you cut it and introduce the bacteria to the inside of the fruit, and then leave it out for the bacteria to multiply. Even then, with a large number of bacteria in the fruit, you're only likely to die from it if you have a weak immune system (babies and old people are disproportionately worse affected by listeriosis).
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No Listeria if you boil them for an hour before you cut them.
Man that is heartbreaking if you're a grower…
feel sorry for the poor farmer who feels devastated his melons have caused deaths.
|The outbreak has been traced to a farm at Nericon, near Griffith in the Riverina in NSW.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-02/victorian-dies-from-li…
Not really, if they did something wrong or negligent then you should feel bad. It's all the good players who are tarred with the same brush that deserve sympathy.
I'm almost certain they did nothing wrong here. Unfortunate circumstance which i'm sure will haunt them for a long time to come.
The farm has been named in the media as Rombola, they screwed the rest of the industry by refusing to be named early on and thus 'every' rockmelon in the country became tainted goods.
Unfortunately I think Rockmelons (rightly or wrongly) are going to be on the 'do-not-eat' list in my family for another few more months. I think the most recent death was from Victoria about 10 days ago.
If YOU bought a rockmelon, cut it up and served it at a family dinner, how many other people do you think will eat it?
You should probably also rule out leafy greens, sprouts and berries (particularly frozen ones) while you're at it.
Just stick to meat.
Or grow your own!
Cured meat and sausage can be even more deadly, take a look at the South African listeriosis epidemic. Even delicious Cumberland final straw, dripping in onion gravy can be a risk.
Wait what about frozen berries
Potato too.
Potatoes are grown in soil so can also have listeria on them
Yep, I love rockmelon and have no chance of eating this now for a very long time to come. Yes, I feel for all the farmers, but I care for my own health even more as I am sure most people do.
They named the source farm
Safe over here in the west… been eating Rockmelon both halves and whole ones since the news hit out. My family on the other hand still think it's still tainted.
Told them West Australian rockmelons are safe. Still no one listens. Great for me means I can smash down more rockmelons.
We were growing some in our garden and my wife chucked them out she was that worried!
Facepalm
poor old rockmelons getting a bum wrap lately
At least it’s not Nannas frozen berries again.
If that's what they're wrapped in I think we may have found the source of the problem!
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Don't let a few untimely deaths get in the way of delicious rockmelon.
Don't forget to grab a steak burger at "oven fresh bakery" while your there :)
Why didn't the melons get married?
Because there were more than two rockmelons (notwithstanding that the same type of rockmelon can still marry now)… so instead they decided to do a collaboration with Deni Hines.
I was wondering what the punchline was, thanks
The real answer to the joke is "Because they cantaloupe!" but I still can't get that Rockmelons/Deni Hines song out of my head after all these years.
Hubby works as a produce buyer for a shop and goes to the market everyday its open. WA Rockmelons are safe, yet sales have plummeted due to the news. Really feel for those growers…
Yeps very sad. All those rockmelons gone to waste. Read there was a grower just letting tonnes of the melons to rot on the ground.
This is (at a bit of stretch) related to people not being able to reliably look where things come from. That discussion normally is in regard to country of origin, but if in general people trusted market information, people would trust the stores that say their Rockmelons are not from the affected area.
Dangers of mass hysteria!
Listeria hysteria
Listeria melons were only from one farm in NSW
Gets distributed everywhere i suppose …hence the VIC man died
correct, however the contaminated melons are not on the shelves anymore and should not be for over a couple of weeks now.
To be absolutely safe. Just boil before eating
Mmmmmmmm
killer deal
Lol, what a Blunder on Blunder Road
Just a bacteria, dip your rockmelons in bleach then rinse with milk. Repeat for every bite
Diluted bleach is fine for everything. I shower with it. My clothes are all ruined though.
Where do baby rockmelons go on camp?
John Cougar Mellencamp!
The vision-impaired ones who don't make it to Rock Melon camp still have a shot at 90s alternative music…
Feel sorry for the farmer… A good read about Listeria and the outbreak here:
https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2018/03/05/what-listeria…
Essentially, it could be on any vegetable, ground fruit, meat, etc.
At least they found it relatively quickly - as reported in the article South Africa were having difficulties finding the source and 180 people have died. Source looks to be processed meats.
Cantaloupe? More like Cantanope!
I told a lady lemme grab those melons for youh and she got offended
Blunder Road Country Markets
Will it be my blunder if I use this deal?
It's a bit unfortunate that the deal has to contain the keywords rockmelon and blunder together. It just encourages lysteria hysteria.
No wonder why it's almost free.
Remember that rock melon isnt contaminated with listeria and has been declared safe to eat
If you are concerned the buy whole rock melon and wash the skin before you cut into it.
I heard on the news that there's a higher risk of washing the skin because you can splatter the bacteria everywhere, just like why you shouldn't wash raw chicken.
do people wash their meats? I read somewhere (I think USA) that they wash their meat in prep and that really grosses me out….
LISTERIA
If you cook it, it should be safe.
Good bargain for lawn fertilizer i recon.
Barnaby!
Spray the outside thoroughly with 70% isopropyl, leave for 1-2 mins and you'll be good as gold ;-)
Spray with e10 if isopropyl not available.
With prices like this it's time to launch my new alternative rock band, Smashing Rockmelons.
good deal, but they are rockmelons, the only bad tasting fruit
gtfo.
hey i never said you can't have your melon bro, have your melon, gauge away
You must have lost your tastebud mate.
i have buds and they are superior
Would go nice with some cucumber & 🍆 then 😂
add watermelon to the list
watermelon tastes good, but i can see where you're coming from its taste has a sort of resemblance
This is my local green grocer, such a great place.
Good for feeding pigs
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Lol I like how you tagged it as listeria!