Latest News From Papayas

Shoppers might not be too familiar with how to select or eat papayas, says merchandising expert Brian Dey. This is where your skills and education become the key cog in the success of selling papaya.

Here’s the lowdown on some of the most common varieties.

Get a quick visual guide on papaya varieties to help you better buy and sell this tropical commodity.

Sure, Hawaiian papayas had a comeback year in 2021. But the fruit has never gone away.

The USDA is seeking comments on a draft pest risk assessment that would expand Brazil’s regions approved to ship papaya to the U.S.

Hazel Technologies Inc. announces a partnership with Calavo Growers Inc., one of the leading grower-shippers of fresh Hawaiian papaya, tomato, and Hass avocado in the world.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a second notice to the importance of food safety measures to the Mexican papaya industry.

Online training for papaya grown in Mexico is available through courses on the Food Safety Best Practices Guide for the Growing and Handling of Mexican Papaya.

Dragon fruit continues to lead the tropical pack, with gains of 21% in the past three months.

A web seminar on new growing and handling best practices for Mexican papayas will answer questions from the industry about the document outlining the procedures.

After months of collaboration, U.S. and Mexican papaya industry stakeholders have a food safety document specifically designed for the tropical fruit.

Mexican papaya grower-shipper Super Starr International, Colima, is promoting its food safety programs and track record.

Federal health officials report that the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Uganda illnesses linked to Cavi Brand whole, fresh papayas appears to be over.

The FDA, citing eight foodborne illness outbreaks linked to papayas since 2011, says repeated outbreaks are unacceptable and the industry must take action to step up food safety efforts.

CORRECTED: In response to a distributor’s refusal to recall Mexican papayas implicated in a salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration has alerted all of its customers and is pursuing other actions.

Retail editor Ashley Nickle and Northeast editor Amy Sowder run down the news of the week, from a salmonella outbreak linked to papayas to legislation in New York to a pair of great columns from retail veterans.

(CORRECTED) Despite requests from the Food and Drug Administration, the distributor of Mexican papayas named by the agency in an outbreak of salmonella has declined so far to issue a recall.

The Food and Drug Administration has named Cavi brand whole fresh maradol papayas distributed by Agroson’s LLC, Bronx, N.Y., as the likely source of 71 cases of Salmonella Uganda.

Mexico’s National Service of Health, Food Safety and Food Quality, SENASICA, has described linking a salmonella outbreak to Mexican papayas as “premature.”

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating an outbreak of salmonella linked to whole fresh papayas from Mexico.

Ashley Nickle and Amelia Freidline discuss Fresh Trends consumer research on papayas — and try out a preparation that was recently recommended by a supplier.

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Imports of mangoes and papayas have shown strong growth over the past decade.

Super Starr International has a new logo for its Royal Star papaya.

HLB Specialties reports that papaya shipments from Brazil have resumed after being delayed for a about week and a half due to trucker strikes.

Trucker strikes in Brazil over high fuel prices have interrupted papaya exports from the country.

Super Starr International, a first-time exhibitor at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, will be highlighting its papayas on the show floor Oct. 20-21 in New Orleans.

The Food and Drug Administration has named a fourth farm in its investigation of contaminated maradol papayas that have sickened more than 220 people with salmonellosis.

Papayas are having a moment.