After Salmonella Scare, Other Produce To Be Tested
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WASHINGTON — Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation’s record salmonella outbreak — even as it insists tomatoes remain the leading suspect.
Investigators are mum on exactly what other vegetables are getting tracked.Items commonly served with fresh tomatoes is the only hint the food safety chief at the Food and Drug Administration, David Acheson, would give, calling it “irresponsible” to point a finger until he has more evidence that some other food really deserves the extra scrutiny.
“Tomatoes aren’t off the hook,” he stressed. “It’s just that there is clearly a need to think beyond tomatoes.”
