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 UK Cook Eats 
 Own Hot Sauce, Dies 

Contest with girlfriend's brother ends in tragedy

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

More about:  Great Britain • food • death • tomatoes • chili peppers • chili sauce

 Tomatoes OK, FDA Says 

Salmonella warning is lifted, though investigation continues

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 17, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(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 »

More about:  Mexico • FDA • outbreak • tomatoes • salmonella • ban • chili peppers

FDA Salmonella Probe Switches to Jalapenos

Investigators eying other salsa ingredients for source of outbreak

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 5, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(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 »

More about:  FDA • food safety • tomatoes • salmonella • food contamination • chili peppers

Hot Sauce
Could Be the New Morphine

Chemical in chili peppers that burns
also numbs—for days

Associated Press Associated Press Oct 30, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(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 »

More about:  painkiller • chili peppers • opioids • morphine • anesthetic

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