Tomato Salmonella outbreak spreads to more states

This outbreak has spread to more states and is alleged to have possibly contributed to the death of a cancer patient in Texas.

The tainted-tomato outbreak has spread to six more states, federal health officials said on Thursday, even as they acknowledged to lawmakers that they had yet to nail down major aspects of a food-safety plan released seven months ago.

A total of 228 people in 23 states, now including New York, have been reported sickened by salmonella-tainted tomatoes, Dr. David Acheson, associate commissioner for foods at the Food and Drug Administration, announced.