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Show DAILY A2 Thursday. July 31, 2008 HERALD Salmonella Continued from A 1 Established in 1873 A Lee Newspaper Customer Service Newsroom 375-510- Acheson and other officials were grilled at a congressional hearing about why the inves- 3 tigation originally focused on tomatoes. Industry representatives complained that they have lost more than $300 million and had to dump tons of perfectly good tomatoes they could not sell because of government warnings. The probe was slowed even more because FDA investigators were unfamiliar with the workings of the tomato industry and were reluctant to share information, they said. "For weeks and weeks, in- 801-344-25- Toll free FAX www.heraldextra.com Street address: 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, UT Send mail to: P.O. 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"I don't think we can say that tomatoes were needlessly dumped," Acheson told reporters after the hearing. "The early part of the investigation clearly implicated tomatoes." The outbreak has sickened more than 1,300 people since achristensenheraldextra.com Christensen (402)473-741- shawna.hilbertlee.net 2 mrobertsheraldextra.com Archembault tarchembaultheraldextra.com April. Tomatoes had been the prime suspect in the nationwide outbreak for weeks. But last week, the FDA said only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico were currently At other times, NEWS TIPS: On nights and weekends, call 344-255contact an editor above. CORRECTIONS: The Herald corrects errors of fact appearing in its news and opinion columns. If you have a correction, call 344-253- HOME DELIVERY 375-510- f - I But federal officials insisted Senior Managers President 8 Publisher - f .ft...:' vestigators were on the trail of the wrong product," Thomas Stenzel, president of the United Fresh Produce Assn., told the House Agriculture Committee. jtynenheraldextra.com 4 ( GREGORY BULLAssociated Press Jalapeno peppers sit for sale in a market in Mexico City on July 25. Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak in the United States, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak. The FDA said then it had found the same strain of salmonella responsible for the outbreak on a single Mexican-grow- n jalapeno in a south Texas produce warehouse. The agency explained that any contaminated tomatoes would be out of the food supply chain by now. For now, the focus of the investigation is on the two farms results are pending. The Nuevo Leon farm did not grow tomatoes. Lawmakers are considering a range of reforms to prevent future outbreaks and speed their investigation. These include improving communication between investigators and the industry, imposing standards for good agricultural practices and improving traceability. in Mexico, which Acheson said are quite far from each other. The Tamaulipas farm also grew tomatoes and peppers, said Acheson. But the tainted pepper traced to that farm was found at a warehouse facility in McAUen, Texas, raising the possibility it could have been contaminated along the way. Acheson said samples have been taken from the Tamaulipas farm, and lab ADVERTISING 3 CLASSIFIED Delivery by 6 a.m. Mon-Fr- i 7 a.m. Sat-SuFor missing papers, call by 9:30 a.m. 373-645- RETAIL 344-294- ADVERTISING Liquor 356 3012 FAX 4 in the northern and in the southern parts of the county," said Dennis Kellen, department executive director, to Pleasant Grove's City Council on Tuesday. 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