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"US extends search for tainted food" by Bloomberg News | June 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - The United States is examining whether something other than tomatoes may be the source of a salmonella outbreak that has now sickened 810 people.
While tomatoes remain the likely cause for the growing toll of illnesses reported, investigators can't rule out that another food is to blame, said Patricia Griffin, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Investigators can't rule out that tainted products are still on store shelves or that tomatoes are continuing to be contaminated in a packing house or some other point in the distribution chain, said David Acheson, the Food and Drug Administration's associate commissioner for foods.--MORE--"
Also see:
The Failing FDA
The Tomato-Fumbling FDA
