The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that at least 183 people in 18 states had been confirmed ill with Salmonellosis as part of a nation-wide outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium infections that has been traced to contaminated tomatoes.
Twenty-two people were hospitalized during the outbreak, which peaked in September and is now over
Tomatoes served in restaurants were the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak, according to Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
The Salmonella outbreak resulted in 183 confirmed illnesses. No one died in the outbreak, but 22 people were hospitalized, according to the Associated Press.
The cases