Dive Summary:

• The FDA announced that it will label mangos as a high risk food due to the recent outbreaks of salmonella caused by mangos imported from three farms abroad.
• This will mean an increase in holding times for mangos, especially imported ones, and perhaps even higher costs.
• After the outbreaks occurred in August, the FDA put the contaminated importers on an Import Alert as well, confiscating all produce imported without even visual inspection, a move that helped curtail the outbreak of disease.  

From the article:

According to Food Safety News , this past summer’s Salmonella outbreak linked to mangoes has led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to declare the fruit to be “high risk,” and is promising increased inspections at U.S. ports of entry. October 31, 2012 “FDA will increase their inspections of mangos at the ports. As a result, look for longer hold time on fruit going through the process. Unfortunately, these additional inspections are most likely going to be the new norm,” said William Watson, Executive Director for the National Mango Board, in a letter to the industry. W...