USA – Salmonella Papaya Outbreak 210 Cases

Salmonella Papaya Outbreak Case Count Increases to 210

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to imported Maradol papayas has now sickened at least 201 people in 23 states. One person in New York City has died. Since the last update on August 18, 2017, 28 more people have been sickened and two more states have reported ill persons: Florida and South Carolina.

And the CDC says there are two more Salmonella outbreaks linked to papayas that were imported from two other farms in Mexico. A total of nine people are sickened in those two outbreaks, for a total of 210.

 

 

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