Colorado is one of 16 states where people have reported getting sick with salmonella poisoning after eating raw red tomatoes.
The source of the tomatoes responsible for the illnesses has not been pinpointed, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA is advising consumers to avoid Roma and round red field-grown tomatoes. However, other tomatoes do not seem to be a problem, including cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatoes sold with the vine still attached and homegrown tomatoes, the agency said Saturday.
Since mid-April, investigators have linked 145 cases of an uncommon form of salmonella poisoning nationwide to tainted tomatoes.
Besides Colorado, other states with outbreaks are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
Texas and New Mexico have been the hardest hit, with 56 cases in Texas and 55 in New Mexico tied to raw, uncooked tomatoes.
At least 23 people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported. Patients ranged in age from 1 to 82.
Most infected people suffer fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps starting 12 to 72 hours after infection.
