FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes
9:01 a.m. Friday, July 18, 2008
Tomatoes are again safe to eat says the Food and Drug Administration.
Weeks after the summer favorites were blamed as the source of a salmonella outbreak, the FDA lifted the warning about tomatoes amid signs that
the outbreak - while not over - may finally be slowing.
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The move doesn't mean tomatoes are clear as the cause for salmonella has still not been found.
FDA does say it's unlikely that any field where tomatoes were harvested in April and May is still in production.
The agency left a warning in place about jalapeno and serrano peppers, which it said could pose a risk to elderly people or people who get sick easily.
The FDA is sending inspectors to Mexico to investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of farms.
Learn more at FDA.gov.
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