FDA Widens Salmonella Outbreak Suspect List beyond Tomatoes
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July 1, 2008 -- Move over, tomatoes, the FDA now has other produce items on its list of suspects in the salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 869 people -- including 107 who have been hospitalized -- in 36 states and Washington, D.C.
But FDA officials aren't letting tomatoes off the hook -- and they refuse to say what other types of produce they're probing, except that those items are often served with tomatoes.
Tomatoes continue to be the lead suspect in the salmonella investigation, notes David Acheson, MD, the FDA's associate commissioner for foods.
Tomatoes are "our major focus," says Acheson, adding that the FDA has asked labs across the U.S. to help run tests on domestic and imported produce to find the salmonella source.
The CDC is also questioning people with salmonella infection and their healthy friends and relatives to find out if those unnamed produce items might be to blame.
Meanwhile, the government's advice to consumers hasn't changed -- for now.
A recap of that advice: Cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatoes sold on the vine, and homegrown tomatoes are in the clear, along with red Roma, red plum, and red round tomatoes grown and harvested in certain states and countries listed on the FDA's web site.
But FDA officials aren't letting tomatoes off the hook -- and they refuse to say what other types of produce they're probing, except that those items are often served with tomatoes.
Tomatoes continue to be the lead suspect in the salmonella investigation, notes David Acheson, MD, the FDA's associate commissioner for foods.
Tomatoes are "our major focus," says Acheson, adding that the FDA has asked labs across the U.S. to help run tests on domestic and imported produce to find the salmonella source.
The CDC is also questioning people with salmonella infection and their healthy friends and relatives to find out if those unnamed produce items might be to blame.
Meanwhile, the government's advice to consumers hasn't changed -- for now.
A recap of that advice: Cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatoes sold on the vine, and homegrown tomatoes are in the clear, along with red Roma, red plum, and red round tomatoes grown and harvested in certain states and countries listed on the FDA's web site.
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