More questions - salmonella outbreak

When will FDA exclude growing regions from the tomato/salmonella foodborne illness outbreak? Apparently, they may not until they can identify precisely where the tainted tomatoes came from.

The industry's growing frustration relates to the fact that the FDA has not yet completed the traceback from product linked to the 86 people sickened in the salmonella outbreak. The question remains - is the difficulty in traceback linked to a lack of industry progress on traceability systems or problems with science/and a lack of solid information from victims?

Some 30 plus people have been interviewed so far, but the FDA - according to industry sources - doesn't yet have the traceback done, in part because they still apparently lack bullet proof data on what stores or foodservice outlets were involved. Still, there are hopes the traceback can be finished in days. We will soon see...David Mitchell will have more coverage of this issue tomorrow on The Packer's news site.