More than one hundred cases of poisoning were recorded in various states of the USA, 35 were hospitalized, reports the BBC Ukraine.

One man in New York State passed away due to papaya poisoning.

In fruits, Salmonella bacteria were detected.

The scale of the poisoning is great, it covered 16 states: New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maryland, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

"The American Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that Maradol papaya, which is imported from Mexico, is" a probable pathogen, "the center said..

"If you are in doubt, do not eat, do not sell, do not serve them to the table, but throw them away," the CDC told the papaya from Mexico.

Most likely, salmonella fell on the fruit after contact with animals that carry this bacterium.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, 18 children were poisoned in Koblevo. In the Mykolaiv region in Koblevo, 18 children were diagnosed with rotovirus infection.