Salmonella Investigation Focuses on Mexico

— Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration appears no closer to finding the source of a mysterious salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 900 people nationwide. The FDA is not even 100 percent sure that tomatoes are the cause — adding peppers and cilantro to its list of foods under investigation in the outbreak. A team of three FDA inspectors has gone through five farms in the western states of Jalisco and Sinaloa in the past two weeks. They also plan to visit the northern state of Coahuila to finish up their study.

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