Tainted Tomatoes Cause a Salmonella Outbreak

MSNBC reports that federal officials have learned of 106 more cases of salmonella outbreaks caused by tainted tomatoes, putting the national toll at 383 yesterday. The newest influxes of cases were from people who got sick weeks ago, but did not find out their results due to delays in jammed laboratories.

There is a great deal of frustration as researchers work frantically to try and trace the source of tainted tomatoes. Although, tomatoes are among the hardest foods to trace because it is sold without tags and people usually do not have any left by the time they get sick. The FDA states that Mexico and Florida are most likely the sources of where the contaminated tomatoes came from.