FDA warns of salmonella outbreak
June 9, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration this weekend expanded its warning about a salmonella outbreak connected to eating raw tomatoes when an outbreak in New Mexico and Texas spread to 14 other states.
The initial warning came June 3 about tomatoes in New Mexico and Texas. Saturday, officials expanded the warning nationwide.
By Sunday, officials put the reported illness count at 145 to 150 in 16 states, including Illinois.
There were 25 hospitalizations but no deaths.
''We're trying to get an answer as quickly as possible as to where these tomatoes came from,'' says David Acheson, director of the FDA's Food Safety and Security Staff. AP