[moderator note for worldwide audience: the contaminated peppers were found in a packing plant in Texas, and originated in Mexico]
See:
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/07/21/peppers-picked-as-salmonella-culprit.html
and http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/21/fda.salmonella/
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