(Reuters) – An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning linked to a type of papaya has sickened 47 people from 12 states, including one person in New York City who died and 12 who were hospitalized, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said interview data and laboratory evidence – from an illness cluster identified in Maryland – indicated that yellow Maradol papayas were the likely source of the outbreak.
