Thread: Tomato Scare!
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Old 06-17-2008, 09:47 AM   #3
Sundae
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Below is my precis of the article by Miranda Hitti, WebMD Health News and reviewed by Louise Chang, MD.

167 people in 17 states have been affected:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

No deaths reported.

Potential carriers:

Raw red Roma, raw red plum, and raw red round tomatoes, or products containing those types of tomatoes, UNLESS they are from the following States
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• California
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• New York
• Nebraska
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• West Virginia
• Belgium
• Canada
• Dominican Republic
• Guatemala
• Israel
• Netherlands
• Puerto Rico

Other safe tomatoes:
Cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, and homegrown tomatoes
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