Michelle Smith - Infiltration study
I'm reposting this powerpoint I received back in April after a visit to FDA offices in College Park, Md. Michelle Smith is a scientist with FDA and has done extensive work with previous produce outbreaks. This presentation points to the possibility that salmonella can be spread via wash water. Also check out an audio file of my mid-April interview with her here.
Labels: audio files, Citrus, FDA, Michelle Smith
posted by Tom Karst @ 12:12 PM
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June 20, Associated Press – (National) FDA inspectors to Fla., Mexico in salmonella probe. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday, as new clues emerge to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people. The FDA would not say where in Florida and Mexico the hunt is centering, but officials stressed that the clues do not necessarily mean that a particular farm will turn out to be the culprit. Investigators will pay special attention to big packing houses or distribution warehouses that handle tomatoes from many farms and where contamination could be spread, leading to what may be the nation’s largest-ever salmonella outbreak from tomatoes. “It does not mean definitively the contamination occurred on a farm in Mexico or on a farm in Florida,” said FDA’s food safety chief. “This is not just the farms that we’re inspecting, it’s the whole distribution chain.” Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_he_me/tomatoes_salmonella;_ylt=AtLp4OhLAtfpTSZ651VLmSCs0NUE
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