Because the FDA was too quick to draw conclusions, they have ruined the tomato industry. “The U.S. tomato industry has taken a US$100 million hit as restaurants temporarily dropped tomatoes from their menus, and farmers have had to plow under their fields or leave crops to rot in packinghouses.”
CBS…the U.S. Food and Drug Administration appears no closer to finding the source of a mysterious salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 900 people nationwide. The FDA is not even 100 percent sure that tomatoes are the cause, adding peppers and cilantro Saturday to its list of foods under investigation in the outbreak. Since April, there have been 943 infections in 40 states, mostly concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, Illinois and Arizona, reports CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston. At least 130 people have been hospitalized, with one known death associated with the outbreak. Eighty percent of the people who became ill reported they had eaten tomatoes. More
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