date:Feb 27, 2019
Concord outbreak was linked to tahini imported from Israel. In 2017, a Salmonella outbreak linked to papayas imported from Mexico sickened at least 255 people with nine different strains of the pathogen. And in 2016, almost a thousand people were sickened across the country with Salmonella Poona infections linked to imported cucumbers. A study published in the CDCs Emerging Infectious Diseases in 2017 found that outbreaks linked to imported foods are increasing.
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