The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today lifted its advice to consumers to avoid eating jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown, harvested or packed in Mexico.
The FDA acted when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the salmonella outbreak appears to be over, and that jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in Mexico and associated with the outbreak are no longer in circulation in the U.S. market.
In July, the FDA lifted its advice to avoid raw red round, red Roma and red plum tomatoes.
The FDA says it will continue to work with the CDC, Mexican authorities, state regulatory agencies and food industry groups to ensure Americans enjoy a safe food supply.
From Our Organic Blog (Chronological Order)
- A Bad Week for Tomatoes
- Tracking, Tracing and Testing Tomatoes
- Tomato Update
- Are Tomatoes to Blame for the Recent Salmonella Outbreak?
- Meanwhile, Back at the FDA…
- You Say Tomato, I Say Pepper…
- Tomatoes and Chili Peppers: The Latest FDA Advisory
- Single Jalapeño Pepper Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
- Jalapeño, Serrano Peppers Grown in the United States Not Connected to Salmonella Outbreak
- FDA Confirms Link Between Mexican Serrano Peppers and Salmonella Outbreak — But That Doesn’t Explain Everything
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[...] Original post by Barbara Feiner [...]
[...] Editor’s Note: We last reported on salmonella in August. For information on the summer outbreak linked to jalapeño and serrano peppers (and originally blamed on tomatoes), click here. [...]