The Food and Drug Administration upgraded a recall of tomatoes in several states to its most severe, Class I, due to the risk of a potentially deadly salmonella contamination.
The affected tomatoes were distributed to Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina between April 23 and April 28, the FDA said in a notice last month. The recall was upped to Class I on May 28, according to an FDA notice.
A Class I recall is defined by the FDA as “a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”…