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One bad pepper explains the whole bunch? Doubtful.
Over the past two months, American food consumers have gotten quite a bit of advice from the FDA:
First there was: you Texans stop eating tomatoes. Then: No wait! Everybody stop eating tomatoes!  No, don’t stop eating those tomatoes. Those tomatoes are okay. We think. [...]

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Although Tennessee has been ruled out as a source of salmonella contamination in tomatoes, the outbreak has spread into parts of the state. The Tennessee Department of Health identified three cases of the illness linked to tomatoes Thursday—two in Williamson county, the other in Rutherford county.
The salmonella outbreak now stretches across [...]

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`Mater Samwich season is the worst possible time for a tomato-related salmonella outbreak – since this is a summer staple in the diet of many East Tennesseans.  But don’t toss out your jar of JFG mayo and loaf of white bread just yet… some Tennessee tomatoes are not included in the recall.
Don Fenley has the [...]

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