FDA widens tomato inquiry

Miami Herald by Elaine Walker | Jun. 21, 2008 (News Report)

The salmonella investigation headed to farms in Florida and Mexico, as the number of people sickened by tomatoes rose to 552.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it is heading to farms in Florida and Mexico, searching for the potential source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people....
''It does not mean definitively the contamination occurred on a farm in Mexico or on a farm in Florida,'' said Dr. David Acheson, the FDA's food safety chief. ``This is not just the farms that we're inspecting, it's the whole distribution chain.''...the ... Full Story »

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by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

There is a lot of informaiton in this update, but it appears to be written to somewhat minimize the blame for Florida agricultural produceers. There is no historical context of why we are have food-born diseases related to produce.

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