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Fla., Mexico Are Main Salmonella Sources: FDA

Agency stepping up efforts to track contamination

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2008 4:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Food and Drug Administration is focusing Florida and Mexico as sources of the salmonella outbreak that has afflicted 228 people in 23 states, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “vast majority” of tomatoes imported at the time of outbreak appear to have come from those areas. Officials have increased sampling of tomatoes, but so far have not found any additional tainted produce.

Tomatoes sit for sale at the sprawling Central de Abastos market in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Tomatoes sit for sale at the sprawling Central de Abastos market in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
The vast majority of the tomatoes at the center of the salmonella outbreak came from Mexico and Florida, the FDA said today.
"The vast majority" of the tomatoes at the center of the salmonella outbreak came from Mexico and Florida, the FDA said today.   (AP Photo)
A tomato vendor waits for customers at the Central de Abastos market in Mexico City, Thursday, June 12, 2008.
A tomato vendor waits for customers at the Central de Abastos market in Mexico City, Thursday, June 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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