CDC: Over 100 people sickened in deadly salmonella outbreak involving papayas

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday issued a nationwide recall of Caribeña brand Maradol papayas after a salmonella outbreak that killed one person and sickened 46 others. "The Carica de Campeche farm has been added to Import Alert 99-35".

The Center for Disease Control reports that, since January 2017, there have been 10 Salmonella outbreaks that have infected 790 people and hospitalized 174 across the country.

Consumers should not use any of the recalled Maradol papayas and should throw them out.

"CDC recommends that consumers not eat, restaurants not serve, and retailers not sell Maradol papayas from Mexico until we learn more", according to an update posted on the CDC website today. Among 74 people with available information, 50, or 68 percent, are of Hispanic ethnicity.

After throwing away the Maradol papayas, officials suggest cleaning countertops, kitchen surfaces and shelves in refrigerators where they were stored.

Eight months into the year, no one has died from the illness, but the CDC is warning flock owners to be extra cautious just in case.

The CDC has named maradol papayas from the Carica de Campeche farm in Mexico the likely source of the outbreak.

A total of 109 people from 16 states have been infected in the salmonella outbreak as of August 3, the CDC said in a news release. The Caribeña brand can be identified by a red, green and yellow sticker shown here.