Now that tomatoes have been declared safe to eat, it's time to dig in and enjoy. ...more

July 3, 2008

Food should not make people sick. When it does, federal authorities need to move decisively to warn the public and, equally important, to isolate the problem. ...more

July 2, 2008

WASHINGTON - As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak - or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes. ...more

June 29, 2008

The off-label administration of a drug often given along the abortion pill RU-486 and not RU-486 itself could be the cause of the infection-related deaths of a relative handful of women who were given the two-drug combination to chemically terminate a pregnancy. ...more

June 25, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- There continues to be a lot of misinformation about alleged salmonella contamination of tomatoes, says a Pasco-based home economist, but she offering advice on how to cope. "There is a lot of information coming out in newspapers and on television and it changes almost daily," Betsy Crisp, a family and consumer sciences specialist with Pasco County Cooperative Extension Service, said in a press release. ...more

June 23, 2008

The United States has cleared tomatoes in 28 of 31 Mexican states from suspicion in a recent salmonella outbreak, a move that drew praise from Mexican officials Saturday. ...more

June 22, 2008

Even though federal officials now say certain areas of the state are safe, Florida tomato growers are feeling the effects of the recent salmonella outbreak with fields of tomatoes still to be picked. ...more

June 21, 2008

Federal investigators plan to descend on tomato farms, warehouses and packing sheds in Florida and Mexico today to search for the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has now sickened 552 people in 32 states and the District of Columbia. ...more

June 21, 2008

Here we go again: Yet another scare over contaminated produce. I noticed the latest food recall during a quick jaunt to the supermarket. I was shocked to see nearly all the fresh tomatoes were gone. At first, I thought there was an outrageous sale. But it only took a few seconds to remember last year's nationwide fresh spinach recall and the barren shelves it left behind. ...more

June 21, 2008