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FDA hunt is on for source of tomato contamination

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Many area restaurants and grocery stores have pulled fresh tomatoes off their menus and shelves because of the nationwide warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a salmonellosis outbreak.

Since April, 145 people in 16 states have become infected with Salmonella serotype Saintpaul, a rare strain of the food-borne bacteria that causes vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and fever and can result in hospitalization and death.

The FDA has traced all of the cases back to people eating raw tomatoes, but has not yet pinpointed a source for the contamination. No cases have been reported in Ohio.

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