Posted on 07/25/2008 3:46:25 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials urged consumers on Friday to avoid only raw jalapeno peppers from Mexico, narrowing an earlier warning against eating any fresh jalapenos amid an outbreak of salmonella illness.
The Food and Drug Administration now believes jalapeno and serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected to the outbreak that has sickened more than 1,200 people, Dr. David Acheson, FDA associate commissioner for foods, told Reuters in an interview.
Investigators seeking the source of the outbreak have been probing clusters of illnesses in various locations.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Great! And how many American tomato farmers have been severely hurt by the incompetence of the ‘officials’ who first said it was Florida or other American tomatos.
What a surprise. If they had refrained from pretending that the source could be anywhere and had instead started with the obvious, this would have been solved long ago. Once again, it seems impossible to underestimate our southern neighbor.
Pingo!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
It all boils down to "Don't drink the water"
One thing that Ceasar Chavez did right in California was push for portapotties for farm workers. They used to squat behind the nearest convenient bush.
In Mexico, they’re still relieving themselves in the crop fields.
We were blamed by our govt. Our govt sat on that info when EVERY one of us regular consumers KNEW where the problem was.
Can’t hurt Mexico’s feeling, ya know.
My goodness.... didn’t this type of enforcement action get moved out of the USDA and into the FDA’s area of responsibility.... the loonie regulators seem to be having a tough time when they are under the microscope...
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