Foods regulated by the FDA have caused numerous national outbreaks and recalls in the past three years.

August-September 2006: E. coli in bagged spinach sickened 204 people in 26 states, killing three

September 2006: salmonella found in tomatoes sickened 183 people on 21 states.

December 2006: Iceberg lettuce contaminated with E. coli at Taco Bell and Taco John restaurants sickened 152 people.

February 2007: Peter Pan peanut butter contaminated with salmonella sickened 425 people in 44 states.

June 2007: Canned chili and meats containing Clostridium botulism were recalled after causing eight illnesses in three states.

April- August 2008: Imported jalapeno and Serrano peppers (and possibly tomatoes) sickened 1,442 people in 43 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.

September-October 2008: Dairy products made in China were recalled because of international melamine adulteration that sickened 300,000 babies and caused seven deaths in China.

September 2008-March 2009: Salmonella contaminated peanut products from the Peanut Corporation if America sickened 691 people and caused none deaths in 46 stated and Canada. More than 3,800 products were recalled.

February-April 2009: Salmonella Saintpaul linked to raw alfalfa sprouts sickened 1818 people in 11 states.

March 2009: Setton Pistachio voluntarily recalled more than 2 million pounds of roasted pistachios because of possible Salmonella contamination.

March- April 2009: spice was recalled by Union International Co. because of possible Salmonella contamination that sickened 60 people in four states.

(Source: Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Outbreak Alertwww.cspinet.org/foodsafety/outbreak_report.html)