Tomatoes Are Picked On Farm As FDA Narrows Search For Contamination Start

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Fredrick Schaffer, co-owner of Island Tomato Growers, holds ripe tomatoes grown on his farm and waiting to be shipped June 12, 2008 in Johns Island, South Carolina. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still hunting for the source of the outbreak that has sickened at least 167 people in 17 U.S. states since mid-April. Tomatoes grown in South Carolina have been cleared by the FDA for consumption.

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Workers sort freshly picked tomatoes, grown at the Island Tomato Growers farm, before they are boxed and shipped June 12, 2008 in Johns Island, South Carolina. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still hunting for the source of the outbreak that has sickened at least 167 people in 17 U.S. states since mid-April. Tomatoes grown in South Carolina have been cleared by the FDA for consumption.

Freshly picked tomatoes sit in a bleach wash at the Island Tomato Growers farm June 12, 2008 in Johns Island, South Carolina. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still hunting for the source of the outbreak that has sickened at least 167 people in 17 U.S. states since mid-April. Tomatoes grown in South Carolina have been cleared by the FDA for consumption.

Tomatoes grown at the Island Tomato Growers wait to be picked June 12, 2008 in Johns Island, South Carolina. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still hunting for the source of the outbreak that has sickened at least 167 people in 17 U.S. states since mid-April. Tomatoes grown in South Carolina have been cleared by the FDA for consumption.

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