Tomatoes have not been served in any Fontana Unified School District school since Monday, June 9, 2008.  The ban will remain in effect until it is certain that the products being served are safe for FUSD students and staff.

One June 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified the California Department of Education Food Distribution Program that an outbreak of salmonella poisoning is being traced to raw tomatoes.

Like many restaurants and food service programs throughout the nation, FUSD voluntarily withdraw tomatoes from its menus after federal recommendations that consumers avoid red plum, red Roma or round red tomatoes unless they were grown in certain states and countries.  While we have not reason to believe the products we have received pose a risk, until we receive more definite information, all raw tomato products have been suspended as a precautionary measure.

The ban will remain in effect until notification is received from the California Department of Education that produces supplied to FUSD are safe.

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