date:Nov 08, 2012
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Once an outbreak has been identified, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CDC might begin releasing information to the public. Any finger pointing that comes with the word outbreak attached to it carries weight. If tomatoes are implicated as the cause of a Salmonella outbreak, tomato producers and retailers, even those whose product wasnt connected to the outbreak, may watch as their sales dry up. Information spreads at the speed of social media and the public reacts just as