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Federal Officials Say There May Still Be Bad Tomatoes On Shelves

Washington, D.C.-There has not been a single source identified in the nationwide salmonella illness that has struck more than 800 people.

The illness, the rare form of salmonella named Saint Paul version, has made over 800 people ill, with at least 200 of these requiring hospitalization.

Federal investigators are looking at the possibility that the bacteria may have spread to other produce besides tomatoes, and that many tomatoes that have the bacteria may still be on shelves across the nation.

The FDA is still saying that tomatoes appear to be the root cause of the illness, but a single source has not been found and investigators have been largely stumped.

So far 810 people in 36 states and the District of Columbia have fallen ill to salmonella that first showed up in early April.

The disease includes abdominal pain, fever, even in some cases bloody diarrhea.

State and federal health officials around the country have been mobilized, but the single source has not been found, and it has been frustrating for the health officials involved to not be able to protect people more readily.