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Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales

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By GARANCE BURKE, AP
04 July 2008 @ 07:13 pm ET

In this Friday, June 13, 2008 file photo, tomatoes ripen on the vine in Hanover County, Va. Since a salmonella scare has caused many customers to shun what's normally a summer favorite, tomato farmers across the nation have had to plow under their fields and leave their crop to rot in packinghouses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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"The collateral damage inflicted on thousands of innocent producers in this country by FDA blanket `advisories,' such as with spinach and tomatoes, cannot go unchallenged," said the group's president, Tom Nassif. "Congress must investigate this matter and determine ways to avoid this in the future and make the innocent tomato growers, packers and shippers whole."

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