Daily Headlines: February 18, 2013

* Puerto Rico: The New Progressive Party will organize marches to be held on March 2nd in favor of granting statehood status to Puerto Rico.

* Mexico: Officials declared a health emergency after about 582,000 domestic fowl were affected by avian flu. 

* Chile: Over forty tons of tomatoes were used in a massive food fight held in the Chilean city of Quillon.
 
* Brazil: Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez arrived in Brazil as part of a three-month tour of twelve Latin America and European nations.

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Tomatoes A-OK But Stay Away from Those Spicy Mexicans

It is now safe to include tomatoes in your diet again. Just stay away from Mexican peppers, specifically jalapeños and serranos.

The FDA lifted it's warning, that some varieties of tomatoes may contain salmonella amid signs an outbreak of the illness is slowing...

However, officials reiterated earlier warnings that hot peppers -- jalapenos and serranos -- also can carry the illness and still pose a threat.

The FDA is sending inspectors to Mexico to investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of farms.

Source : NPR