On Jul 2, 4:16*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> 1,700 samples collected in Florida and Mexico tomato
> processing operations, and not one tested positive
> for the Salmonella strain that has sickened 869 people
> across the country.
>
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...2tomatoes.html
>
> Now, FDA is looking at peppers, onions, and cilantro,
> but they're not backing off the recommendation against
> eating tomatoes because of the embarrassment of admitting
> they were wrong. *Instead, they've "cleared" tomatoes
> from certain regions from being the culprit.
>
> http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes.html
>
> This is almost all (if not all) of the regions where
> tomatoes sold in the U.S. are grown.


I wonder how much that little faux pas has cost the tomato industry?

Myrl Jeffcoat