FDA scientists successfully used a new genome sequencing test to retrospectively examine a 2009-2010 foodborne illness outbreak to help trace the source of the infection. A Salmonella Montevideo outbreak that began early in 2010 was linked to spice rubs on certain salamis and sickened nearly 300 people in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Field investigators collected samples of the suspect product to find the source of the contamination...
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