FDA gives OK to more tomatoes in salmonella outbreak
Florida harvested tomatoes and California grown tomatoes have been cleared in the salmonella outbreak.
The source of the outbreak is still unknown by the Food and Drug Administration. The outbreak has caused 167 people to become ill within 17 states. There has not been any new cases in two weeks and not all tomatoes are linked.
The experts are observing that the government, supermarkets and fast food restaurants are responding more assertively than in preceding outbreaks of salmonella. Because fast food chains do not want to seem unwise if a patron becomes ill, they have removed tomatoes, says an attorney who handles food-contamination cases.
Since the government has been quite slow historically, it's trying to be more receptive says a consumer advocacy group.
