Published Date: 2004-08-11 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Salmonellosis, tomatoes, convenience stores - USA (09)
Archive Number: 20040811.2218
SALMONELLOSIS, TOMATOES, CONVENIENCE STORES -
USA (09)
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Date: Wed 11 Aug 2004
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Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA [edited]
<http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/health/s_207594.html>
Tomatoes traced to Florida
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The Roma tomatoes tainted with salmonella, that sickened at least
416 people in 5 states, have been traced to farms in Florida, and,
possibly, South Carolina. Food and Drug Administration
investigators are visiting farms in one state this week [2nd week of
August 2004], agency officials said on Tue 10 Aug 2004, declining
to be more specific. The outbreak, linked to Sheetz convenience
stores, infected people in 31 counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West
Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia with salmonellosis, a
gastrointestinal illness. People became sick in early July 2004.
Florida agriculture officials have been told that FDA investigators
will be in that state next week [3rd week of August 2004] as part of
the salmonellosis investigation, but, that does not mean that that's
where the tainted tomatoes were grown, said Liz Compton,
spokeswoman with the Florida Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services. Florida officials were told that growers in 5
states that supplied tomatoes that could have ended up at Sheetz
are being checked out, she said.
The FDA investigators, including experts in sanitation, inspections,
microbiology, and epidemiology, will review the farms' operations
and records, try to determine in which fields the tomatoes were
grown, and do water tests, said John Sanders, general health
scientist with the agency's Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition.
Investigators will likely spend 2 weeks on the farms, but it could be
"several weeks to months" before the agency identifies the cause
of the outbreak or the specific farms involved, he said.
[Byline: Karen Roebuck]
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See Also
Salmonellosis, meat products - UK (Durham) (02) 20040808.2185Salmonellosis, tomatoes, convenience stores - USA (Multistate)
(08) 20040808.2183
Salmonellosis, meat products - UK (Durham) 20040804.2124
Salmonellosis, foodborne - Russia (W. Siberia): RFI
20040803.2114
Salmonellosis, tomatoes, convenience stores - USA (Multistate)
20040715.1911
Salmonellosis, alfalfa sprouts - USA (northwest): recall 20040604
2003
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Salmonellosis, restaurant related - Greece 20030810.1975
Salmonellosis, restaurant related - USA (IL) 20030709.1682
Salmonellosis, foodborne - UK (England), USA (NM)
20030626.1578
Salmonellosis, sesame seed prod. - Australia (NSW)
20030407.0847
Salmonellosis, effect of ethanol, 2002 - Portugal 20030328.0775
Salmonellosis, alfalfa sprouts - USA (NW): recall
20030316.0662
2002
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Salmonellosis, theme park - USA (Multistate):alert 20020809.5005
Salmonella poona, cantaloupes - USA, Canada (02)
20021123.5884
Salmonellosis, pastry - Spain (Catalonia) 20020701.4646
Salmonella, peanuts - Canada: recall 20020609.4450
Salmonella poona, cantaloupes - USA, Canada: recall
20020512.4181
Salmonella newport, cheese - USA (Calif.):alert 20020401.3855
Salmonella oranienburg outbreak - Canada 20020124.3370
2001
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Salmonellosis, foodborne - USA: background 20010528.1036
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