Papayas
Get a quick visual guide on papaya varieties to help you better buy and sell this tropical commodity.
Importers and domestic growers seek to launch a unified push to align the industry through science-based handling standards and strong consumer marketing.
The merger unites two industry pioneers, expanding Mission’s Mexican packing footprint to four facilities and signaling a major strategic entry into the high-growth prepared foods segment.
Fresh Trends 2025 data shows papayas are the least well-known fruit among consumers, but those with a Hawaiian connection are more confident.
A lot of logistics go into getting papayas from Hawaii to customers in the mainland, requiring growers and shippers to be creative.
An effort to ensure that Mexican-grown papayas meet rigid food safety and quality standards continues to expand.
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.
Hawaii’s soil and ideal growing conditions give its papayas a unique flavor that no other region in the world can duplicate, says Eric Weinert, president of the Hawaiian Papaya Industry Association.
Federal health officials report that the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Uganda illnesses linked to Cavi Brand whole, fresh papayas appears to be over.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a second notice to the importance of food safety measures to the Mexican papaya industry.
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.
Dragon fruit continues to lead the tropical pack, with gains of 21% in the past three months.
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.
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating an outbreak of salmonella linked to whole fresh papayas from Mexico.
Amazon Produce Network now is offering papayas from Guatemala, complementing its mango deal, said Greg Golden, partner and sales manager.
After months of collaboration, U.S. and Mexican papaya industry stakeholders have a food safety document specifically designed for the tropical fruit.
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 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.
(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.
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.
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.
Mexican papaya grower-shipper Super Starr International, Colima, is promoting its food safety programs and track record.
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 USDA is seeking comments on a draft pest risk assessment that would expand Brazil’s regions approved to ship papaya to the U.S.
Sure, Hawaiian papayas had a comeback year in 2021. But the fruit has never gone away.
Here’s the lowdown on some of the most common varieties.
HLB Specialties reports that papaya shipments from Brazil have resumed after being delayed for a about week and a half due to trucker strikes.
Imports of mangoes and papayas have shown strong growth over the past decade.