Friends & Families
Tomato Troubles: Specific Tomato Types Linke To 800 Salmonella Cases
Cheree Cleghorn | June 28, 2008
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Federal officials say that there is no end in sight to the salmonella-tomato outbreak. Note that some tomatoes are not affected: cherry, grape and tomatoes with vine still attached.
“The number of people sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to certain tomatoes has topped 800 as U.S. investigators continue to try to pinpoint the source of the contamination.
“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday at least 810 people in 36 states and the District of Columbia have gotten sick after eating tomatoes.
“CDC officials said this is the largest salmonella outbreak connected to produce.”
Source: Reuters News Service, June 27, 2008
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