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July 30, 2008 -- The FDA today advised against eating raw Mexican serranopeppers, raw Mexican jalapeno peppers, and whichever foods that include them becauseof?one ongoing salmonella outbreak. The FDA issued that counsel today behind finding Salmonella saintpaul,the salmonella explosion tug that has sickened at fewest 1,307 human sinceApril, ashore a serrano pepper and in the irrigation water of a farm in Nuevo Leon,Mexico. Earlier this month, the FDA ascertained a jalapeno pepper -- grown in Mexico andsent to a distribution heart in McAllen, Texas -- that was tainted withSalmonella saintpaul. It's not remove if that pepper got polluted onthe farm alternatively futher down the food afford necklace. Jalapeno and serrano peppers grown in the U.S. are fine apt dine,?along to the FDA. Tomatoes, the first guess in the salmonella outbreak, are too secure. FDAand CDC officials haven't backed off their early misgivings of tomatoes, andthey haven't ruled out the possibility that the salmonella strain may havestarted in tomatoes and migrated to peppers.