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  • September 2008

    • UK Cook Eats Own Hot Sauce, Dies

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 29, 08 2:37 PM CDT

      UK Cook Eats Own Hot Sauce, Dies

      (Newser) - A budding British cook died last week after eating his own spicy tomato sauce, the London Times reports. Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend’s brother to a contest, arriving with a jar of the sauce, made with chilies his father had grown. After eating it, he felt itchy and discomfited, and fell asleep while his girlfriend scratched his back. The next morning he was dead. More »

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      Great Britain  • food  • death  • tomatoes  • chili peppers  • chili sauce

  • July 2008

    • Tomatoes OK, FDA Says

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Tomatoes OK, FDA Says

      (AP) - The US government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers, particularly jalapenos and serranos. The Food and Drug Administration is sending inspectors to Mexico to investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of farms. More »

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      Mexico  • FDA  • outbreak  • tomatoes  • salmonella  • ban  • chili peppers

    • FDA Salmonella Probe Switches to Jalapenos

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 08 5:37 AM CDT

      FDA Salmonella Probe Switches to Jalapenos

      (Newser) - Jalapeno peppers have pushed tomatoes off the top of the FDA's suspect list in the recent salmonella outbreak, reports the Wall Street Journal . Investigators believe salsa may be the culprit in the rash of illnesses, and after a drop in tomato consumption failed to halt a rise in cases, they switched focus to other ingredients—especially peppers. The agency says tomatoes aren't in the clear yet, but the hunt is on for tainted jalapenos. More »

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      FDA  • food safety  • tomatoes  • salmonella  • food contamination  • chili peppers

  • October 2007

    • Hot Sauce Could Be the New Morphine

      Associated Press  |  Oct 30, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Hot Sauce Could Be the New Morphine

      (Newser) - Doctors think they have a hot lead on an alternative to opioid pain killers like morphine: chili peppers. California-based researchers are dripping what is essentially a sterile version of hot sauce—containing capsaicin, the chemical that gives peppers their bite—directly into open wounds during surgery. Just like biting into a pepper, it burns at first, the AP explains, but then numbness sets in—for days. More »

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      painkiller  • chili peppers  • opioids  • morphine  • anesthetic

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