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

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