Tomatoes outbreaks

Cummings, K., Barrett, E., Mohle-Boetani, J.C., Brooks, J.T., Farrar, J., Hunt, T., Fiore, A., Komatsu, K., Werner, S.B. and Slutsker, L. (2001) A multistate outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Baildon associated with domestic raw tomatoes . Emerging Infectious Diseases, 7, 1046-1048. 

There has been several high profile foodborne illness outbreaks associated with fresh produce with sprouted seeds, tomatoes, and leafy greens remaining the most prominent (Table 4.1) (Doyle and Erickson, 2008). The underlying reasons for why specific produce types have been implicated in the majority of outbreaks can, in part, be explained by the market volume... 

Reller, M. E., Nelson, J. M., Molbak, K., Ackman, D. M., Schoonmaker-Bopp, D. J., Root, T. P., and Mintz, E. D. (2006). A large, multiple-restaurant outbreak of infection with Shigella flexneri serotype 2a traced to tomatoes. Clin. Infect. Dis. 42,163-169. 

Kohmoto, K., Verma, V.S., Nishimura, S., Tagami, M. and Scheffer, R.P. 1982. New outbreak oiAlternaria stem canker of tomato in Japan and production of host-selective toxins by the causal fungus. J. Fac. Agric., Tottori Univ. 17 1-8. 

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