Forget Tomatoes, Now It's Jalapenos

As the federal government works to find the cause of the salmonella outbreak that's crossing the nation, the Centers for Disease Control reports that there are now 14 cases in Arkansas. There are only a handful of states that haven't been affected. ...

Jalapenos and serrano peppers may also share the blame, federal officials announced Wednesday. The salmonella outbreak has grown into one of the largest in U.S. history. The contamination has led to at least 203 hospitalizations nationwide and the ...

Health officials this week added fresh jalapeno peppers and cilantro to the list of suspected foods contaminated by the bacteria....

The nationwide salmonella outbreak responsible for sickening more than 1,000 people since April does not seem to have put a damper on locally grown vegetable sales. "Today I've sold to about 25 people, and maybe one or two have mentioned it," said ...

Three common ingredients now are suspects in the salmonella poisonings that have become the nation's largest foodborne outbreak in at least a decade...Seven weeks into their investigation, federal health officials aren't shortening the list of ...

Additionally, health officials changed their opinion on earlier reports of salmonella cases linked to tomatoes. Sean McDermott, spokesman for Cook County Department of Public Health, said though 17 salmonella cases were identified in the suburbs, ...

Three common salsa ingredients now are suspects in the salmonella poisonings that have become the U.S.'s largest food-borne outbreak in at least a decade...Seven weeks into their investigation, federal health officials aren't shortening the list of ...

This has gone on longer and has been more complicated than anything I've worked on at FDA." Indeed, it's quite a departure from the 2006 E. coli outbreak in spinach, a mystery solved in about two weeks. "We really, really got spoiled, if you will, ...

ET U.S. health officials are continuing to hunt for the source of contaminated tomatoes, peppers and other produce suspected to have sickened a record 1,017 people in a widespread salmonella outbreak...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Now Hot Peppers Blamed for Salmonella Outbreak The salmonella outbreak in the United States of America is increasing daily and the real cause seems to be eluding the CDC...Now hot peppers and fresh cilantro are the latest suspects in the recent ...