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Table 1 Salmonella – Tomato outbreaks

From: Baseline survey of the anatomical microbial ecology of an important food plant: Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

Tomato type

Outbreak year

Location by state

Illnesses reported

Salmonella subtype

Tomato

1990

SC

176

S. Javiana

Tomato

1993

SC

100

S. Montevideo

Tomato

1998-99

FL

86

S. Baildon

Tomato

2000

FL, GA

29

S. Thompson

Red Round

2002

VA

512

S. Newport

Grape

2002

FL or Mexico

12

S. Newport

Roma

2002

FL or Mexico

90

S. Javiana

Roma

2004

FL, GA or SC

471

S. Javiana

Roma

2004

FL

123

S. Braenderup

Red Round

2005

VA

71

S. Newport

Tomato

2005

CA

77

S. Enteritidis

Roma

2005

FL

76

S. Braenderup

Red Round

2006

OH

186

S. Typhimurium

Red Round

2006

NA

107

S. Newport

Red Round

2007

VA

65

S. Newport

Red Round

2010

FL

46

S. Newport

Red Round

2010

VA

99

S. Newport

  1. Internal FDA list compiled by Captain Thomas Hill.