We have all the information you'll need at the retail level here, including types of watermelon, availability charts, and PLU/UPC codes.

Did you know that watermelon grows in over 96 countries worldwide and there are over 1,200 types of watermelon?

The National Watermelon Promotion Board is now licensed to share with the industry the Partnership for Food Safety Education's Be Food Safe national consumer food safety education effort. Soon we hope to be participating with in-store watermelon promotions and other efforts to bring together public health and private company efforts to significantly increase nationally the exposure of consumers to the core four messages of safe food handling: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill.

Here is an excerpt as it pertains especially to fresh produce: "Clean."