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Salmonella Contaminated Mexican Papayas Imports Banned – USA

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

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small-logo-RDC10Culinary Tidbits . . . The U.S. government has detained all papayas coming from Mexico after testing showed high rates of salmonella contamination, which were linked to more than 100 cases of salmonella poisoning in 23 states earlier this summer. They found a 16% contamination rate in papayas from all over Mexico.