05-17-2013, 08:46 AM
As long as she didn't ingest the actual larva she should be fine.
There are a lot of insects that lay eggs in the core of very immature fruits, that then mature into larva that eventually find their way out to make their transformation into the next stage of development. Most restaurants, food packers, and grocery stores that sell prepackaged papaya chunks at most just make sure they aren't selling any bits with larva, they just cut away the bad parts and sell the rest, so this probably isn't the first time either of you will have eaten papaya that had had larva in the seeds.
Carol
There are a lot of insects that lay eggs in the core of very immature fruits, that then mature into larva that eventually find their way out to make their transformation into the next stage of development. Most restaurants, food packers, and grocery stores that sell prepackaged papaya chunks at most just make sure they aren't selling any bits with larva, they just cut away the bad parts and sell the rest, so this probably isn't the first time either of you will have eaten papaya that had had larva in the seeds.
Carol
Carol
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