Big Boy Restaurants Removes Tomatoes from its Menu in Compliance with the FDA Recall (The San Francisco Examiner)
WARREN, Mich. ( Map ) - WARREN, Mich. , June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to a nationwide tomato alert issued by the Food and Drug Administration, Big Boy Restaurants International LLC has ceased serving tomatoes at all of its Big Boy restaurants until further notice.

Administration Proposes Additional Funding For FDA To Improve Food And Medical Product Safety (Medical News Today)
HHS Secretary Leavitt announced that the Administration is amending its budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2009 to include an additional $275 million for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He called on Congress to act quickly on this budget amendment and pending Administration legislative proposals to strengthen FDA.

Ohio tomatoes cleared by FDA (The Alliance Review)
REYNOLDSBURG -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added Ohio to a list of states that are not associated with the latest food safety alert for certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes, due to an outbreak of salmonellosis.