US: Tomatoes pulled after salmonella warning - (Washington Post)
June 10, 2008 – 5:11 pmRestaurants are removing tomato slices from sandwiches and grocery stores are plucking red plum tomatoes from their produce aisles following a nationwide alert that raw tomatoes may have infected scores of people with a rare form of salmonella.
Food and Drug Administration officials warned consumers over the weekend to avoid Roma, red plum and red round tomatoes not attached to a vine because they may carry salmonella, a bacteria that causes severe abdominal pain and diarrhea. At least 145 people, including two in Virginia, have been infected since mid-April, and new cases were being linked to the outbreak yesterday. No one has died.
Scientists and public-health experts don’t completely understand how pathogens contaminate produce. The bacteria can be found in animal feces, which can spread through contaminated water, manure or improper handling. It can enter tomatoes through the roots or flowers, or through cracks in the skin of the fruit or the […]
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