No Salmonella Found in State, but Eateries Limit Use of Tomatoes

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LEWISTON - With salmonella cases reported in 16 states, local restaurants are throwing out their tomatoes just to be safe, even though no salmonella has been reported north of Connecticut.

"It's out of my control," said Jeff Martin, a manager at Amato's in Auburn. "If I had it my way, I'd be doing Maine tomatoes pretty much." Martin said Irving, where the Auburn Amato's is located, has ordered the restaurant not to serve the kinds of tomatoes that have been connected to the 145 salmonella cases reported since April. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled out the possibility of Maine-grown tomatoes as a source of the outbreak.

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No Salmonella Found in State, but Eateries Limit Use of Tomatoes

"People have been pretty cool about it," Martin said, adding that only one customer turned away because ...

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