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Article: Mexico says U.S. salmonella outbreak not caused by Mexican tomatoes
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 6, 2008
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Mexico says U.S. salmonella outbreak not caused by Mexican
tomatoes
MEXICO CITY, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican authorities said
Sunday there was no evidence that the U.S salmonella outbreak came
from Mexican tomato production.
"In Mexico there hasn't been a salmonella outbreak in recent
months, and definitely not of the type being seen in the U.S.,"
Mexican Agriculture Ministry's spokesman Marco Antonio Sifuentes
said.
Mexico has not been told of any U.S. plans to make more proofs in
Mexican produce, as it was reported by TV news channel CNN,
Sifuentes said.
U.S. health authorities are still trying to find the sources of
the outbreak, while tomatoes continue to be the main focus of the ...