There’s no need to send Sherlock Holmes into orbit. A lost space tomato has been found. This is the oddball story of a small tomato grown during an experiment on the International Space Station.

Epidemiological, microbiological, and traceability investigations in the 2023 Austrian and 2024 Italian outbreaks confirmed that small tomatoes from the Sicily region were the vehicle of infection.

Tomatoes are only China’s 708th biggest export. But the world is realising China can swamp markets with even small output ...