Restaurant Law Group

USA Today has published a timeline from when the first salmonella case was reported in New Mexico (April 10) to when a pattern was discovered (May 19) to when warnings were posted and so forth. You can view the response as timely or not, possibly depending on your view of federal regulation in general.

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The FDA is urging consumers in New Mexico and Texas to stop eating raw tomatoes until they find the source of a salmonella outbreak that has been linked to the fruit.
So far, 57 cases of salmonella infections have been confirmed in New Mexico and Texas spanning from late April through May, and 17 of those [...]

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The salmonella contamination that has affected over thirty residents of New Mexico has been linked to tomatoes. The source is still unknown. Several people have been hospitalized.

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Six people have been hospitalized in New Mexico from salmonella poisoning, but officials have not yet pinpointed the source, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.
Public health officials are investigating the state’s 19 cases following the Memorial Day weekend, looking for any sign of a common source.

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Public health officials in New Mexico are warning Albuquerque residents and others that they may have been exposed to Hepatitis A at one of two IHOPs there. Symptoms of hepatitis A include fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dark-colored urine and jaundice, which can turn skin yellow. The average time between exposure and symptoms is 28 [...]

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