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Salmonella incidence:  277 reported cases and at least 43 hospitalizations reported since mid-April
Types of tomatoes not linked to any illnesses:  cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and tomatoes with the vine still attached.
Worst bets*:  Oklahoma Roma.  Anything from Hulk Hogan’s garden.
Best bet: Cherry tomatoes imported from Brussels eaten with the vine attached.
FDA’s Secret Salmonella restaurant chain:  If we told you, we’d have to feed you an Oklahoma Roma.
FDA’s list of safe tomato-growing states:

AlabamaAlaskaArkansas California ColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of Columbia Florida (partial)**
Georgia HawaiiIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriNew HampshireNew Jersey

New MexicoNew YorkNebraskaNorth Carolina OhioPennsylvaniaSouth Carolina Tennessee TexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest Virginia WisconsinBaja, CA
Other:Belgium Canada Dominican Republic Guatemala Israel NetherlandsPuerto Rico

 
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(FranchisePick.Com)  According to Nation’s Restaurant News, two units of an unnamed restaurant chain have been cited as the source for at least nine of the 228 instances of salmonella poisoning that officials have traced back to contaminated tomatoes. Which restaurant chain?  The FDA ain’t saying, and won’t tell where the implicated stores were located or when the victims may have consumed the tainted tomatoes.
FDA officials also won’t tell if the nine instances were the same ones traced to restaurant visits by Chicago health officials. Chicago won’t name their restaurant either.
According to NRN:  “…the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added …read more