California Tomatoes Are Not Involved In Salmonella Outbreak
A group of California tomato producers today reiterated that California tomatoes have been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and that all tomatoes produced in the state, including round, red and Roma tomatoes, are not the cause of a recent outbreak of salmonella. "We have outreached to FDA and they have assured us that California tomatoes are not linked to this outbreak," said Ed Beckman, President of the California Tomato Farmers.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
AP - Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations.
