As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
Continue Reading Two New York food firms put on notice about import violations
It was just 18 days ago that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned producers about the salmonella outbreak involving imported papayas. FDA said the industry needs to improve practices and do a better job of protecting consumers.
That outbreak is now over, according to the FDA. It caused 81
Continue Reading Outbreak linked to imported papayas that distributor refused to recall is over
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, is demanding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) use its mandatory authority to force Agroson’s LLC to recall the Cavi brand of the whole, fresh papayas.
The Cavi brand papayas are likely responsible for the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Uganda illnesses in the United States,
Continue Reading DeLauro demands an immediate mandatory recall by FDA of Cavi papayas
As the patient count continues to increase, officials have narrowed the likely source of a papaya-related Salmonella outbreak to one distributor selling the tropical fruit under the Cavi brand. No recalls have been initiated.
A total of 71 people from eight states now have been confirmed with infections, up from
Continue Reading CDC, FDA say only Cavi brand papayas linked to outbreak; more people sick
A collection of four Salmonella outbreaks traced to Mexican papayas appears to be over, according to federal officials who report at least 251 people across 25 states were sickened, including two who died.
“Each outbreak was linked to papayas imported from a different farm in Mexico,” according to final
Continue Reading CDC reports Salmonella outbreaks traced to papayas likely over
The victim count in ongoing Salmonella outbreaks traced to papayas from Mexico has topped 200, with U.S. officials not only reporting they linked two more farms to sick people, but that they
Continue Reading Papaya Salmonella cases top 200; more farms implicated
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Continue Reading Papaya pathogen problems persist
The Salmonella outbreak traced to whole, fresh papayas from a farm in Southern Mexico continues to spread, with a 25 percent increase in victims in the past week.
Two more states are reporting confirmed illnesses in the outbreak, Missouri and Tennessee, bringing the total to 21 states involved with 173
Continue Reading Papaya Salmonella outbreak continues to spread; 21 states hit
Editor’s note: (To read FDA and CDC outbreak updates in Spanish, click on these links:)
Para leer las actualizaciones de brotes de FDA y CDC en español, haga clic en estos enlaces:
FDA https://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/Outbreaks/ucm568393.htm
CDC https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/kiambu-07-17/es/index.html
The deadly Salmonella outbreak that has been traced to maradol papayas from Mexico is
Continue Reading Papaya-related Salmonella victim count triples in 3 weeks
A third produce importer in the U.S. is recalling whole, fresh maradol papayas grown and packed by Carica de Campeche in Mexico because a deadly, ongoing Salmonella outbreak has been traced to papayas from the farm.
Freshtex Produce LLC of Alamo, TX, posted its recall of “Valery” brand maradol papayas
Continue Reading Third importer recalls Mexican papayas in Salmonella outbreak
