Oh Gee....How Nice...Salmonella Warnings In Tomatoes Now

Tweet

Just when you thought it was safe to eat...wham..another warning about food that is contaminated by salmonella and this time it's tomatoes. I heard this last night, and again today, and at first it only seemed certain states were affected by shipments of tomatoes. But since no one has been able to find the source yet, and that these tomatoes could in fact be shipped to anywhere here in the US, people are urged not to eat tomatoes, especially Red Plum Red Roma, and Red Round tomatoes. All major restaurant chains, including ones like MacDonalds are pulling tomatoes off from their menus Here's one article I found from this source http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/06/fda_salmonella02.html (Quote) ...[i]"The salmonella outbreak form tainted tomatoes, first reported last week, is bigger than it appeared, with nearly 150 people sickened nationwide. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning to consumers that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to consumption of certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products containing these raw, red tomatoes. McDonald's and other restaurant chains hurried to pull certain types of tomatoes from their menus until the source of the outbreak is pinpointed. McDonald's said it has removed sliced tomoatoes from all of its sandwiches.... ..FDA recommends that consumers not eat raw red Roma, raw red plum, raw red round tomatoes, or products that contain these types of raw red tomatoes unless the tomatoes are from the sources listed below. On June 5, FDA published a list of states, territories, and countries where tomatoes are grown and harvested which have not been associated with this outbreak. This updated list includes: Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Israel, Netherlands, and Puerto Rico. Tomatoes from any of these areas are thought to be safe...." [/i] Okay great..so the tomatoes grown in those listed states are supposedly not affected...but like duh...how does one know exactly where the tomatoes come from? I bet even the markets that sell the tomatoes aren't always sure of the sources. Gee, and only recently I've been eating raw tomatoes too.