A third person died from eating a melon infected with listeria bacteria, following fifteen others that were affected by the potentially deadly bacteria.
The 15 people diagnosed with the infection had all consumed rockmelon before falling ill, which left authorities to warn the elderly, pregnant, and infants against consuming rockmelon which has been pre-sliced.
The contamination has been traced back to a farm near the city of Griffith in New South Wales, with Rockmelons having been withdrawn from supermarket shelves across Australia.