FDA Looks Beyond Tomatoes for Salmonella Cause

SelectPlusFDA Looks Beyond Tomatoes for Salmonella CauseFDA Looks Beyond Tomatoes for Salmonella CauseThe Associated PressCilantro, Serrano peppers and jalapenos are among the types of fresh produce investigators are checking in addition to tomatoes as they search for the cause of a salmonella outbreak. (July 6)The Food and Drug administration has expanded the list of foods it's looking into as possible culprits in a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 950 Americans. At least 130 people have been hospitalized. Tomatoes have been the prime suspect in the outbreak that began over a month ago. FDA investigators aren't saying what other vegetables they're looking at, but officials do say they're looking at items that are regularly served with fresh tomatoes.That includes serrano peppers.. Jalapenos.... And salsa. Fresh quacamole is also on the list. Some patients have told the Centers for Disease Control that they ate raw tomatoes in fresh salsa and quacamole.The FDA says there are several possible reasons for the outbreak. The produce could have shared a common shipping or packaging site. Multiple foods could have been contaminated while growing at adjoining farms. They might have also been tainted by a common water source.The government has expanded its search because people continue to get sick, even after the initial warnings that tomatoes were the source of the salmonella outbreak. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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[baronderothchild]

hm...mexico waters their food with feces...does shit water on produce make you sick??

[ehunter2]

Oh wait.. have we checked Mexico yet?

I mean thats where the last 100 cases of salmonella derived from. No no..we cant do

that..its racist.

Fvcking morons.

[tabathabunt]

looks really spicy

[BedwithTed]

@ehunter2 I got salmonella in Mexico. It sucks I got the shits.

[deedeeH88]

i drank 1 raw egg am i safe

[Zajecarac007]

i was eat eag that have that and i make it!!!!!!!!

[Iamjust2cute2mention]

People! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!! It's just salmonella! It's not the END of the world! So WHAT! You can blame it on the government, Americans, other Countries, but the REAL cause of it is: LIFE! Things like this HAPPENS get over it!!!!

[cosplayerofcrazyness]

just me or is it like every year its some other food or another that has Salmonella, I'm starting to think this is all being plan year by year, next year I'm sure it be corn or carrots or maybe be something else altogether. o.o

[cryptkeeper812]

lol ya said it i didnt keep earning your over pay lol

[hainstol]

You are an idiot. Take it from one of the Government 'liars' you're referring to.

[ponandzi17]

salmonella is cause of those discusting m------s!!! the fu--ing disease is from the crap/shit filled country in the south!!!