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Tomatoes are loaded into boxes at West Coast Tomato June 21, 2008 in Palmetto, Florida. The Food and Drug Administration sent officials to Florida and Mexico to investigate tomato farms as part of a salmonella probe. After weeks of warning consumers against tomatoes, the FDA is still unsure about whether tomatoes are to blame for the salmonella outbreak. (Photo by Robert Browman/Getty Images)
Still searching for answers in the salmonella outbreak
Broadcast: Midday, 07/08/2008, 11:00 a.m.
The Food and Drug Administration's investigation into Salmonella St. Paul continues while more Americans are becoming ill. University of Minnesota epidemiologist Michael Osterholm joins Midday to talk about the salmonella outbreak and other food-borne illnesses as well as the spread of infectious diseases.
Guests
Michael Osterholm: Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and associate director of the National Center for Food Protection and Defense
Audio
- Still searching for answers in the salmonella outbreak (program audio)
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More from MPR
- More pork plant workers getting mysterious illness (04/16/2008)
- The big picture on bacteria (12/13/2006)
- New technology to prevent foodborne illness (12/08/2006)
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