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The FDA warned consumers nationwide to avoid raw romaand round, red tomatoes, unlessz they were grown in Arkansas, California, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Belgium, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, the Netherlands or Puerto Consumers should contact the store where they bough t tomatoes if they don't know where the fruit came Also, consumers should look out for tomatoes in fresgh salsa, guacamole, pico de gallol and other dishes. Cherry grape tomatoes and tomatoes sold with the vine still attachedx are safeto eat, the FDA said.
Since mid-Aprik there have been 145 reported illnesses from salmonella serotype an unusual form of the At least 23 people havebeen hospitalized. State s that have reported illnesses from the outbreajare Oregon, California, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Symptomsw of salmonella infectioninclude fever, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The disease can be fatap in children, elderly peoplw and people with weakenedimmune systems.
The is working with public healthu officials in Oregon to determine if an Orego resident confirmed to have salmonella saintpaulp associated with the multistate outbreak may have consumed tomatoesd while visitingSouthern California.