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 spreading, with 32 more victims…
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 from the farm in Southern…
Agroson’s LLC, a distributor in…
Officials have barred all papayas from a farm in Mexico from import to the U.S. as well as warning the public to not eat Caribeña brand maradol papayas from Mexico after tracing a deadly Salmonella outbreak to the fruit.
To view the full sized map on the CDC website, please click…
Editor’s note: Because of the popularity of papayas in Mexican and Hispanic cuisine, public health officials say people in those groups are at particular risk during the current outbreak. To access information the CDC has posted in Spanish, click here.
Federal officials doubled down on warnings about whole, fresh maradol papayas Thursday, urging consumers to…
A week after Maryland officials issued a public warning linking Caribeña brand maradol papayas to a Salmonella outbreak, produce distributor Grande Produce LLC finally went public with a recall of the implicated fruit.
In the company’s recall notice, posted late Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration, Grande Produce of San Juan, TX, reported it…
UPDATE 1 a.m. EDT July 26: Officials with Grande Produce LLC did not respond to multiple requests for comment Tuesday. The CDC posted an outbreak update Tuesday, with the victim count holding at one dead and 46 others sickened.
Grande Produce LLC, the importer of Caribeña brand Maradol papayas linked to a deadly and ongoing…
No recall has been issued, but Food and Drug Administration officials are warning the public against eating Maradol papayas from Mexico in general — and Caribeña brand specifically — because they have been linked to a Salmonella outbreak.
One person in New York City has died and 46 others across 12 states have been confirmed…
Federal officials have joined Maryland’s Health Department in a warning against eating yellow Maradol papayas because of Salmonella contamination, reporting one person has died and at least 46 others are sick in an ongoing outbreak that began in mid-May.
The CDC posted this photo with the outbreak notice, describing Maradol papayas…
The Maryland Department of Health is warning consumers to not eat Caribeña’s brand yellow Maradol papayas because they could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
The yellow papayas have been distributed to stores throughout the state of Maryland.
State officials discovered the contamination in the course of an ongoing Salmonella case investigation, according to the June …
