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The Salmonella Outbreak is Over

The Centers for Disease Control says the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than... more

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Tomato Fight in Spain (photos)

Photographs from the 2008 Tomatina celebration in Bunol, Spain on Wednesday, August... more

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Spain's Great Tomato War

It is perhaps the largest food fight in the world. Every year in the tiny town of... more

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FDA finds salmonella strain at second Mexican farm

Federal health officials say the salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has... more

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Deadly Jalepenos, Tomatoes off the hook

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with a... more

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OK to eat tomatoes again; stay away from hot peppers

According to the FDA it is now permissible to eat all kinds of tomatoes. The recent... more

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FDA declares it’s OK to eat tomatoes again

Yes Yummy tomatoes are back on the menu, so says the FDA... Do you trust them?... more

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Load up on that Lycopene again!

The Red veg gets the Green light!

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Vegetables attack !!! Salmonella Poisoning

Oh my God! We don't know where its coming from !!! It's tomatoes .... no... more

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Salmonella Illnesses Now the Largest Foodborne Outbreak in History

Infection toll at 1,017; health officials add hot peppers and cilantro as suspect foods, along with tomatoes

WEDNESDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- The number of people sickened in the ongoing salmonella outbreak has now surpassed 1,000, and while certain types of tomatoes remain the suspected cause, U.S. health officials on Wednesday added hot peppers and cilantro as potential suspects as well.

"We continue to get new reported cases every day," Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the division of foodborne, bacterial and mycotic diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a late-afternoon teleconference. "This is the largest food-borne outbreak in the United States."

Since the outbreak began in April, 1,017 people in 41 states, the District of Columbia and Canada have fallen ill, and at least 203 people have been hospitalized. One death -- a Texas man in his 80s -- has been associated with the outbreak. Also, a man in his 60s who died in Texas from cancer had a Salmonella Saintpaul infection at the time of his death, the CDC reported Wednesday on its Web site.

In addition, according to the CDC, 300 of those people became ill after June 1.

An initial investigation of the outbreak, in New Mexico and Texas, suggested raw tomatoes as the likely source of the contamination. But a larger, nationwide study comparing persons who were ill in June found that those who were sickened were likely to have recently eaten raw tomatoes, as well as fresh jalapeno and serrano peppers, and fresh cilantro. These foods are typically consumed together, the CDC said.

Recently, many clusters of illnesses have been identified involving people who had eaten in restaurants. In one cluster, illnesses were linked to consumption of an item containing fresh tomatoes and fresh jalapeno peppers. In another two clusters, illnesses were linked to a food item containing fresh jalapeno peppers, leading federal officials to believe that jalapeno peppers caused some of the reported illnesses, the CDC said.

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