Transcript: RECENT SALMONELLA OUTBREAK:REGINALD L. BROWN


Congressional Testimony
07-31-2008
Statement of Reginald L. Brown Executive Vice President Florida Tomato
Growers Exchange Committee on House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations July 31, 2008 At the time of the salmonella
outbreak in April 2008, Florida was the only state in the country growing
tomatoes. In early June 2008, the FDA indicated there was a connection
between the salmonella outbreak and tomatoes from Florida. It is difficult
to challenge the Center for Disease Control`s (CDC) and the Food and Drug
Administration`s (FDA) decision in associating some tomatoes with the outbreak
because we are not privy to the information they had before them. FDA failed
its ...

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