Tomatoes Safe To Eat Again

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has declared it's OK to
eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that
the outbreak - while not over - may finally be slowing.
Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at
risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers - jalapenos and
serranos.
The government still doesn't know just what caused the
salmonella outbreak, and Thursday's move doesn't mean tomatoes are
cleared. Early on, there was good evidence linking them to the
sick, but it's unlikely that any field where tomatoes were
harvested in April and May still is in production.

But among later illnesses, there seems to be more evidence
against peppers. The FDA is sending inspectors to Mexico to
investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of
farms.

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