The Centers for Disease Control is reporting 756 confirmed illnesses due to the salmonella contaminated tomatoes in what has become the nation’s largest outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes ever. At least 95 people have been hospitalized. The latest known illnesses occurred on June 13. The Food and Drug Administration and the CDC have yet to find the source. FDA investigators have recently spent a week in parts of Florida and Mexico inspecting farms to pinpoint the area of contamination. The two agencies continue to urge consumers nationwide to avoid raw red plum, red Roma or red round tomatoes unless they were grown in specific states or countries the FDA has cleared. Grape tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached have been deemed safe for consumption. Salmonella is a bacterial infection causing fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps, often caused by eating foods contaminated with animal feces.