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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_on_he_me/salmonella_tomatoesFDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper WASHINGTON - Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled by a small Texas produce shipper. But Monday's discovery doesn't solve the mystery: Authorities don't know where the pepper became tainted — on the farm, or in the plant in McAllen, Texas, or at some stop in between. Nor are they saying the tainted pepper exonerates tomatoes sold earlier in the spring that consumers until last week had been told were the prime suspect.
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 03:35:13 PM » |
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Well, miracles do happen.
Anyone know if the North Carolina folks told them where to find it?
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2008, 04:31:33 PM » |
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love it. "We have one pepper, but are still very much clueless"  |
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trudy1
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2008, 04:55:55 PM » |
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This is all so insane. and how many tomatoes just died on the vine?
Tomorrow it will probably be something else.
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Dennis
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2008, 05:24:05 PM » |
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Also this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25786579/Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas — and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos... |
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2008, 05:52:54 PM » |
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love it. "We have one pepper, but are still very much clueless" Some of the truest words the FDA has ever spoken! |
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2008, 05:55:59 PM » |
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They found the same bacteria on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled by a small Texas produce shipper.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2008, 05:58:19 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2008, 06:47:24 PM » |
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rofl, too. Imagine how much salmonella contamination they could find if they
just looked ...
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2008, 06:12:48 AM » |
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It Was The Peppers (Maybe)
This is getting to be like a detective who-done-it. The cops focus attention on a suspect, but in the end, have to let him go for lack of evidence. Meanwhile, the real culprit continues to lurk out there, until finally evidence turns up linking him to the crime. But the police are still reluctant to admit they were wrong about the first guy.
Even so, the FDA now says the recall of jalapeño peppers by Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. of McAllen, Texas, might explain how more than 1,200 consumers were sickened by the Salmonella germ, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune system. But the case is still a little think. The FDA says the germ was found on a single pepper, and they have no idea how, or where, it was contaminated. http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/07/fda_salmonella13.html
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2008, 06:32:04 AM » |
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This is getting to be like a detective who-done-it.
The Secret of the Salmonella Salsa? The Puzzle of the Poisoned Pepper? Terror of the Troublesome Tomatoes? |
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Carol
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2008, 06:35:29 AM » |
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Maybe it's time to call in Nancy Drew!  |
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2008, 06:39:30 AM » |
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Nancy would solve it for sure!
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2008, 07:19:56 AM » |
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I can't wait to see what other produce they find with Salmonella in it. Every day is like Christmas morning with the FDA!
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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2008, 02:30:21 PM » |
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We really need the CSI. I don't think the FDA will ever figure it out.
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