PC, presidential Elections and Public Health?

The salmonella outbreak has decimated tomato farmers nationwide in the US. Now, the FDA thinks it has the culprit - a pepper grown in Mexico and packed in Texas.

Is it possible that, in an election year where no one wants to alienate the beloved Hispanic, that the FDA purposely didn't scrutinize imports involving Mexico and Mexicans?

It wouldn't be the first time public health took a back seat to politics.

No matter what, however, I hope the panty-waists in Washington pay reparations to the tomato farmers for the loss caused entirely by the FDA's incompetence.

Salmonella mystery: the smoking pepper: The Swamp: "Call it the smoking jalapeno. After nearly two months of mystery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified a jalepeno pepper that is contaminated with the same strain of Salmonella saintpaul that has sickened more than 1,237 people in 43 states.

It's the first time during this outbreak that a test has found the salmonella strain in a piece of produce.

The discovery, which will be announced shortly by FDA, was made at a packing plant in McAllen, Texas, according to a source familiar with the issue. The pepper was grown in Mexico, the source said, but was sent to the U.S. for sale. Authorities are not sure where it was contaminated with salmonella."