Jalapenos are not the only peppers definitely linked to the massive salmonella outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration has found contaminated serrano peppers and irrigation water on a farm in Mexico.

The FDA says we should avoid fresh serrano peppers from Mexico and products made with them. And we still should not eat fresh jalapeno peppers from Mexico, either.

The FDA’s theory is that several foods may be causing the outbreak, which has made 1,319 people sick nationwide since April.

In early June, the FDA believed tomatoes were causing the outbreak and warned us not to eat certain types. Then in July, it said all tomatoes were safe to eat again. But the agency still says tomatoes may have caused some of the illnesses.

Here is a map from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that shows where the outbreak has hit from state to state:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) narrows its earlier warning on jalapeno peppers as the investigation into the salmonella outbreak continues. The FDA now says to avoid only raw jalapeno peppers from Mexico – it believes the ones grown in the U.S. are not connected to the nearly 1,300 salmonella cases reported since April.

For weeks, tomatoes had been the main suspect in the salmonella illnesses. Those now on the market are considered safe to eat, but health officials say tomatoes may still have made some people sick earlier during this outbreak.

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