Mexican peppers posed problem long before outbreak
(AP
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_peppers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.1e16400e2ee445e8893a01344014479f.mexico_salmonella_peppers_mxgb102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=3Rlha_DSmfJiqArNs2GbxQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Jalapeno peppers sit for sale in a market in Mexico City, Friday, July 25, 2008. Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak in the United States, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /></a>AP - Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican chilies.</p><br clear="all"/>

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