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Attack of the killer tomatoes!
FDA warns of salmonella-infected tomatoes in the Southwest |
Tom Philpott |
05 Jun 2008 |
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| What's next, tainted buns? In yet another blow to the burger, tomatoes have joined beef and lettuce as star players in that booming industrial-food genre, the disease-outbreak drama. This one involves tomatoes that carry what the FDA calls 'an uncommon strain' of salmonella called Saintpaul. Some 57 people have come down with salmonellosis in New Mexico and Texas, involving 17 hospitalizations, and the FDA is investigating salmonellosis cases in Arizona, Col ... |
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| Topics: food, Food and Drug Administration, health, industrial ag, New Mexico, Texas (all these topics) |
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