Deadly Jalepenos, Tomatoes off the hook
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with a strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people, officials said on Monday.
The pepper, which showed up at a south Texas distribution facility, originated in Mexico, the FDA said.
"FDA has found a genetically matched Salmonella saintpaul isolate from a distribution center called Agricola Zaragosa in McAllen, Texas," Dr. David Acheson, associate commissioner for foods at the FDA, told reporters in a telephone briefing.
Acheson said it is not yet clear where the pepper was contaminated and said it could have been anywhere between the farm where it was picked and the facility in Texas.
-Reuters
The pepper, which showed up at a south Texas distribution facility, originated in Mexico, the FDA said.
"FDA has found a genetically matched Salmonella saintpaul isolate from a distribution center called Agricola Zaragosa in McAllen, Texas," Dr. David Acheson, associate commissioner for foods at the FDA, told reporters in a telephone briefing.
Acheson said it is not yet clear where the pepper was contaminated and said it could have been anywhere between the farm where it was picked and the facility in Texas.
-Reuters
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