Multistate Large Tomatoes 2006
A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium was associated with eating raw, large, red, round tomatoes at restaurants. Implicated tomatoes were traced to a single packinghouse in Ohio supplied by three tomato growers from 25 fields in three counties. Tomato production had ended by the time the packinghouse was implicated. As a result, FDA deferred the investigation until the next growing season and completed the investigation in August 2007.
- Outbreak began:
- September 2006
- Affected Country:
- US
- Affected States/Territories:
- New York, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Rhode Island, Vermont, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Nebraska
- Organism(s):
-
- Salmonella
- Vehicle(s):
- Fruit, Tomatoes
- Molecular Results Available:
- Yes
- Test Results:
- PulseNet XbaI pattern JPXX01.0604 [/ BlnI pattern JPXA26.0174
- Location(s):
- Restaurant
- Brand Name(s):
- Total ill:
- 192
- Number ill by Case Definition Known:
- Yes
- Number Laboratory Confirmed Cases:
- 192
- Number Probable Cases:
- 0
- Number Possible Cases:
- 0
- Anyone Hospitalized:
- Yes
- Number Hospitalized:
- 24
- Any Deaths:
- No
- Number Dead:
- 0
- Any References:
- Yes