A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source

July 23, 2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARD , AP Medical Writer A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source (AP)

Jalapenos pepper sit for sale at a market stand in Mexico City, Monday, July 21, 2008. U.S. government inspectors finally have a big clue in the salmonella outbreak in the U.S: they found the same bacteria on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled by a small Texas produce shipper. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

(AP) -- It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak.

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lengould100 - Jul 29, 2008
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Brilliant work Minnesota! Now, we've all got to learn from what their Food and Health people do right.
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