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Article: Now it's jalapenos and salmonella
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2008
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The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it found a
jalapeno pepper contaminated with the same strain of salmonella
driving an outbreak that's sickened thousands and mystified
investigators for two months.
The agency also said all consumers should avoid eating fresh
jalapeno peppers and foods made with them, including fresh salsa,
broadening a warning previously directed at people most at risk --
the very old and the very young.
David Acheson, the FDA's top official for food safety, said the
agency hit on a "significant break" by finding the contaminated
pepper in a Texas distribution center.
The pepper originated in Mexico, a big supplier of jalapenos to
the U.S. Acheson warned ...
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