WASHINGTON - The United States is examining whether something other than tomatoes may be the source of a salmonella outbreak that has now sickened 810 people.
While tomatoes remain the likely cause for the growing toll of illnesses reported, investigators can't rule out that another food is to blame, said Patricia Griffin, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
"We continue to look at other possible sources," Griffin said.
The number of people who have become ill during the salmonella outbreak is about four times the 205 cases reported after packaged fresh spinach was tainted by E. coli in 2006. The tally of reported illnesses described by the CDC increased 54 since Thursday alone.
Investigators can't rule out that tainted products are still on store shelves or that tomatoes are continuing to be contaminated in a packing house or some other point in the distribution chain, said David Acheson, the Food and Drug Administration's associate commissioner for foods.Blogged with the Flock Browser
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