Mexico chafes at FDA

You probably don't want to see this black humor, but here is a link to a June 10 Jimmy Kimmel monologue that speaks of a "bacon - lettuce - bacon" sandwich. "I'm thinking of ditching the lettuce, too, just to be safe," Kimmel cracked. AP video below speaks of Mexico's objections to FDA scrutiny and this AP story also looks at what Mexico's leaders are saying. From the AP:

Growers said their produce is subject to double the scrutiny that U.S. tomatoes face: inspected first by Mexican officials and then again at the border when crossing into the U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is still hunting for the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes that has sickened 167 people in 17 U.S. states since mid-April. It has cleared imports from at least six countries — but not Mexico, which sends 80 percent of its tomato exports to the United States.

"This action, which has no scientific basis, is excluding exports of Mexican tomatoes from the U.S. market," Mexico's Agriculture Department said in a statement. "The FDA's unjust action is causing severe damage to Mexico's tomato industry, which provides thousands of jobs."