Table 1.

Outbreaks associated with consumption of contaminated rockmelons.

Year	Country	Foodborne Pathogens Involved	Cases	Hospitalisation	Deaths	Fatality Rate (%)	References
2023	USA	Salmonella Sundsvall and Oranienburg	407	158	6	1.5%	[23]
2023	Canada	S. Soahanina, S. Sundsvall, S. Oranienburg, and S. Newport	190	68	9	4.7%	[24]
2022	USA	S. Typhimurium	87	32	0	N/A	[25]
2018	Australia	L. monocytogenes	22	N/A *	8	36.4%	[7,21]
2016	Australia	S. Hvittingfoss	144	N/A	0	N/A	[22]
2012	USA	S. Typhimurium and S. Newport	261	94	3	1.1%	[26]
2011	USA	L. monocytogenes	147	143	33	22.4%	[9]
2011	USA	S. Panama	20	3	0	N/A	[27]
2006	Australia	S. Saintpaul	100	9	0	N/A	[17]

* N/A means not applicable.