CDC: Salmonella illnesses spread to 16 states
Sunday, June 8, 2008 - 12:49
in Health & Medicine
(AP) -- Salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 states, federal health officials said Saturday. Investigations by the Texas and New Mexico Departments of Health and the U.S. Indian Health Service have tied 56 cases in Texas and 55 in New Mexico to raw, uncooked, tomatoes.