Update on Salmonella
Quick follow-up to our recent post on salmonella in which we noted a current focus on peppers rather than tomatoes: Federal officials announced yesterday that they have found the bacteria in a jalapeño pepper from a small distribution facility in McAllen, Tex. Accordingly, they warned consumers to avoid eating raw jalapeños or products that contain them.
The company has stopped distributing jalapeño peppers and is recalling jalapeños sold since June 30 to customers in Georgia and Texas. Investigators don't know where the contamination occurred. CDC officials are hoping that another round of interviews with people who got sick since early June in Arizona and New Mexico will shed more light on the source of the outbreak.
