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FDA finds salmonella strain in Mexican farm's peppers

Infection Control Monitor, August 1, 2008

Federal health officials believe there’s been a key breakthrough in the search for the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 1,300 people since April.

The salmonella strain linked to the outbreak was found in irrigation water, health officials announced July 30, and in a sample from a batch of Serrano peppers at a Mexican farm. “We have a smoking gun it appears,” Lonnie King, MD, who directors the center for foodborne illnesses at the CDC, told the Associated Press (AP).

The FDA previously traced a jalapeno pepper contaminated with the same salmonella strain to a different Mexican farm. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) advised consumers to avoid raw Serrano and jalapeno peppers from Mexico and any foods that contain them.

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