Giant Eagle Removes Tomatoes Over Salmonella Fears

"As a precaution, Giant Eagle has removed green, yellow, Roma and organic tomatoes from shelves of its grocery stores throughout the Tri-State Area in the wake of a national salmonella scare.

Victor Kimmel, spokesman for Giant Eagle, said the grocery store chain's decision to remove the tomatoes was voluntary. He said he doesn't know how long the tomatoes will remain off the shelves.

"There is no reason to believe any tomatoes from Giant Eagle are involved" in the outbreak, he said.

On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted customers nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak appears to be linked to consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes. The FDA and other agencies were working to pinpoint the source of contaiminated tomatoes."

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