Local tomatoes still safe to eat

Since mid-April, a salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes has sickened at least 383 people in 30 states and Washington, D.C. But no cases have been reported in South Carolina, improving business for local growers and providers.

"It's increased some," said Robert Fields, who sells produce and vegetables at several farmers markets in the area. "I've sold more, a good bit."

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains a list of states and territories not associated with the outbreak, meaning contaminated tomatoes have not been grown or harvested in those areas. South Carolina is in the clear.

Read more in Monday's editions of The Post and Courier.