Canadian officials are on alert for a possible food-poisoning outbreak after dozens of people in at least nine U.S. states fell sick with the same salmonella infection.
Many of the illnesses have occurred in Texas and New Mexico, where health officials have determined that raw tomatoes contaminated with salmonella caused people to become sick. They are warning people to avoid certain types of tomatoes that have been implicated in the outbreak. Health authorities in seven other states are working to determine if salmonella illnesses reported there are also linked to raw tomatoes, fuelling fears the outbreak could spread.
