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So, after months of warnings not to eat tomatoes, the FDA announces that it might not be tomatoes making people sick after all: FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper - The strain blamed for an outbreak that has sickened thousands shows up in a Mexican-grown pepper in Texas. Officials warn against eating fresh jalapenos.

Fresh jalapeno peppers joined tomatoes as possible culprits in the nationwide Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak that has sickened thousands of people and killed two since April, the federal government confirmed Monday. [LA Times]