Fruit producers Chiquita and Dole have joined the now week-old recall of cantaloupes from Honduras amid a salmonella scare.

About five-dozen people have been sickened by the melons in 16 U. S. states and Canada.

The Food and Drug Administration says it is working with the company involved, Angropecuaria Montelibano, as well as the Honduran government, to find the source of the contamination.

Officials with Angropecuaria Montelibano have contended there is no proof the fruit was contaminated in Honduras, and suspect it was somewhere else along the shipping process.

Dole says the voluntary recalls include cantaloupes that were shipped to the U. S. and Canada in cardboard containers marked “Dole,” and “Product of Honduras.”
 
Chiquita says its cardboard cartons were marked “Mike’s Melons,” “Mayan Pride” and “Chiquita.”