DENVER—A Coloradan has a confirmed case of a strain of salmonella linked to a nationwide Federal Drug Administration recall of certain raw, red tomatoes.
The person lives in Weld County, said Barbara Hruska, director of the Consumer Protection Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
She did not know which northern Colorado city or town the individual was from or when the person became ill.
The recall involves red, raw tomatoes, including plum, Roma and round.
Hruska said salmonella saintpaul symptoms include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
“If people have eaten the tomatoes and believe that they are ill…they should seek medical treatment from their practitioner,” she said.
She also said the very young, elderly, frail and people with weak immune systems are more susceptible to the bacteria.
Salmonella lives in the intestinal tracts of humans and animals. It usually is transmitted to humans by eating food contaminated with animal feces.
On its Web site, the FDA said cherry, grape, tomatoes still attached to the vine and homegrown tomatoes aren’t the likely source of the outbreak.
The source of the tomatoes responsible for the illnesses in at least 16 states since mid April has not been pinpointed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said at least 23 people have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s largest hamburger chain, said Monday it has stopped serving sliced tomatoes in its U.S. restaurants over concerns about the food poisoning.
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