Deadly salmonella outbreak linked to papayas spreads to 4 farms

UPI ^ | 14 Sep 2017 | Danielle Haynes

[blueplum]

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Federal health officials reported several more cases of salmonella infections among four separate outbreaks linked to the consumption of yellow Maradol papayas.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a total of 235 people were sick in at least two dozens states after eating the fruit, causing two deaths.

The CDC has expanded its investigation to various different strains of salmonella in papayas sold by four farms in Mexico.

The largest includes papayas grown at the Carica de Campeche farm in Mexico and sold under the brand names of Caribeña, Cavi and Valery. Among the 210 sickened by papayas from this farm, one died and 67 were hospitalized across 24 states.

Papayas sold by El Zapotanito...

[blueplum]

Heads up!

[Gamecock]

I don’t know what’s going on with the Papayas!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Nothing good comes out of Mexico. Nothing.
 

[knarf]

As much as a lot of the world hates America, we would be wise to roll up the sidewalks and close the gates and be self supporting for a year.

We can grow the best corn on the planet and if nothing else, about a million products can be made with corn.

That and peanuts.

We don't need no steenking foreign food !

If we really, REALLY need something, we'll sell or trade natgas or oil for whatever we want.

WE ARE SO BADASS IT AIN'T FUNNY

WHY HAVEN'T WE ACTED LIKE IT YET ?

[The Westerner]

Thanks, Blueplum. I only buy ones from Hawaii at the higher end grocery stores. This is why.

[blueplum]

pretty scary when a grower has multiple strains of toxic bacteria contaminating their fruit. One is bad enough!

[Bobalu]

I don’t know if there is truth to it but I have heard that human waste is sometimes used to fertilize farm fields in Mexico.

Sewage lettuce..... anyone??

[Nifster]

Don’t buy food from Mexico

[rrrod]

Wont affect FReepers.....

[rrrod]

Wont affect FReepers.....

[JohnnyP]

Wash all fruit before cutting open.

I don’t eat Papayas, but I do have a mango once in a while.

Should also wash avocados, but I don’t.

[Fightin Whitey]

Poo-poo-yez, amigos!

[Old Yeller]

Oh my papaya! - Kramer

[montag813]

This is from workers who poop in the fields

[mewzilla]

On a related note, from 2015...

US bans cilantro imports from Mexican farms littered with feces and toilet paper

[mewzilla]

From 2017...

In Mexico, fears a new plant will kill wastewater farming

[mewzilla]

Globally, Untreated Wastewater is Used to Irrigate Crops Way More than Previously Thought

Why we need country of origin labeling for bloody everything!

Paging the POTUS...

[Salvey]

Night soil

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile, from The Land Down Under...

How human waste is helping Aussie farmers get the best out of their land

[servantboy777]

I do my best not to purchase ANY produce from Messy-co after I read an article a farm was caught using human waste as fertilizer. Uh uh...no way Jose’