In September 2017 the CDC announced an outbreak of Salmonella Anatum linked to consumption of Maradol Papayas. Fourteen people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Anatum were reported from three states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from December 20, 2016 to April 8, 2017. Five people were hospitalized. One death was reported from California. On September 4, 2017, FDA testing identified the outbreak strain of Salmonella Anatum from a sample taken from an imported papaya at the US-Mexico border. Epidemiologic, laboratory and traceback evidence indicates that Maradol papayas imported by Bravo Produce Inc. of San Ysidro, California were the likely source of this outbreak. The grower was identified as Productores y Exportadores de Carica Papaya de Tecoman y Costa Alegre in Tijuana, Mexico.