As you probably know, the FDA found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with the same genetic match of the salmonella strain that has caused the recent outbreak of over 1200 cases in 43 states.  The pepper was found at a distribution center in Texas and was grown on a farm in Mexico.  So is that the end of the story?  Not yet.

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by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

You can now eat any type of domestically grown tomatoes so says the FDA .  They are still investigating serrano and jalapeno peppers.  The episode seems to be coming to an end with no answers and a lot of mad tomato farmers.