FOOD BUZZ: The FDA announces the Great Tomato Scare of Aught Eight is finally over. Thank god we all survived! For a while there, we couldn’t even get beefsteak tomatoes on our pizza. Now the FDA is saying tomatoes might never have been the source of the outbreak to begin with. Watch out for those peppers, though!

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1. The Salmonella Outbreak, Meanwhile, Remains As Unexplained As Ever
2. FDA Says Tomatoes Are Okay (Kinda. And Don’t Even Get Them Started on Peppers)
3. “We’re telling people that tomatoes now in the market and in stores — domestic and imported — are OK”
4. Some of Us Never Stopped Eating

FOOD BUZZ: Sixteen states have reported salmonella poisoning as the result of raw, uncooked tomatoes. If terrorists have been scheming up a way to immobilize all of America’s old Italian ladies, this might just be their 9-11.

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1. Tomato Terrorism!
2. We’re Facing “a Bleak Tomato Landscape.”
3. Cherry Tomatoes, Grape Tomatoes, and Tomatoes On the Vine Are in the Clear
4. Official Warning From The FDA
5. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes