Jalapeno peppers are the Salmonella, Tomato Salad for Everyone

So the latest in the salmonella outbreak last week was the Food and Drug Administration lifting their warning about certain types of tomatoes.

All we know at this point is tomatoes on the market are safe because there is no way they could be coming from farms that were shipping tomatoes back in April when people first started getting sick.

FDA and the Centers for Disease Control are not saying tomatoes weren't responsible for the outbreak, only that the ones on the market now are safe. They are "seriously considering" the possibility that jalapeno peppers as well as tomatoes may have spread the bacteria.

Tomatoes remain a suspect based on the strength of the evidence initially gathered in New Mexico, the state that first realized it had an outbreak on its hands.

New Mexico's health department is considered among the better ones in the country when it comes to tracking foodborne illness. Yet, some foodborne illness experts are skeptical about the FDA/CDC's multi-produce vehicle theory. It is possible, but not probable, they say. Tomato growers, of course, never believed their product was the cause.