FDA widens tomato inquiry
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 ...
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