US: Salmonella ’smoking gun’ found on Mexican farm - (Los Angeles Times)
July 31, 2008 – 6:39 pmA strain of the salmonella bacteria that sickened more than 1,300 people has been found in a serrano pepper and a sample of irrigation water at a farm in Mexico, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.?? They called the discovery a “breakthrough” but cautioned that tomatoes may still be a culprit in the nearly four-month outbreak that has alarmed consumers and cost the domestic produce industry hundreds of millions of dollars.
“We have a smoking gun, it appears,” said Dr. Lonnie J. King, director of the center for food-borne illnesses at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in testimony at a congressional hearing.
The rare Salmonella Saintpaul strain was found at a farm in Nuevo Leon state in northeastern Mexico, said David Acheson, food safety chief for the Food and Drug Administration. The farm grows serrano and jalapeno peppers but not tomatoes, he said.?
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