Sunday, July 6, 2008

Salmonella signs point to peppers

Investigators are seeing more signs that the salmonella outbreak blamed on tomatoes might have been caused by tainted jalapeno peppers and have begun collecting samples from restaurants and from the homes of those who have been sickened, according to health officials involved in the probe.

USDA officials, having no idea what caused a possible salmonella outbreak, have cost tomato producers millions and are attempting to do the same to the producers of other produce such as jalapenos, cilantro, and avocadoes.

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