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The Salmonella saintpaul outbreak first tied to tomatoes and then to jalapeno peppers is over, having sickened at least 1,442 people, says the CDC.

The FDA says all tomatoes are safe to eat as it probes a salmonella outbreak. Get answers to questions about salmonella.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When there's an urgent need to trace fruits and vegetables in a crisis like the salmonella outbreak, a lot of the pieces for a rapid-response system are in place.

But nobody has quite figured out how to put them together to operate seamlessly in the vast American marketplace....

All types of fresh tomatoes are safe to eat, federal health officials said yesterday, lifting a six-week-old warning that led restaurants to pull them and triggered tens of millions of dollars in losses for the tomato industry.

The FDA says tomatoes are safe to eat as it investigates the salmonella outbreak

The salmonella outbreak of 2008 may go down in history as the case of the missing tomatoes.

The FDA is expanding its salmonella investigation by testing cilantro, jalapeno peppers, and Serrano peppers, as well as tomatoes, for Salmonella Saintpaul.

The tomato investigators are stumped. Over the past four weeks, they have pored over records, collected hundreds of samples and interviewed dozens of patients to find the cause of a salmonella outbreak.

So far, their efforts haven't produced an answer, and they have begun to question whether their...

The FDA is expanding its salmonella outbreak probe to include not just tomatoes, but other produce items commonly served with tomatoes.

As salmonella cases continue to climb, the U.S. government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak ? or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes.