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While it insists that tomatoes are still the leading suspect, the U.S. government is about to start testing several other types of fresh produce as it continues to look for the source of the nation’s record salmonella outbreak.

Items that are commonly served with fresh tomatoes what Food and Drug Administration food safety chief Dr. David Acheson said was now being looked at in the probe.

Sixty nine people are now confirmed ill since the outbreak began. Most concerning is that at least 179 of them fell ill in June, the latest on June 20. Therefore, the outbreak is continuing weeks longer than food-poisoning specialists had first anticipated, which also suggests that the culprit is still on the market.

See the FDA website for updates on the outbreak and varieties of tomatoes and sources that have been deemed safe.

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