Tomato-less Season?

**kdAlise** · 06-11-2008, 03:06 PM

The FDA has issued a warning to consumers against eating raw tomatoes:

Quote:

The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning to consumers nationwide 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.

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. If unsure of where tomatoes are grown or harvested, consumers are encouraged to contact the store where the tomato purchase was made. Consumers should continue to eat cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, or tomatoes grown at home.

On June 5, using traceback and other distribution pattern information, 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. The list is available at Salmonellosis Outbreak in Certain Types of Tomatoes. This list will be updated as more information becomes available.

FDA’s recommendation does not apply to the following tomatoes from any source: cherry, grape, and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached.

More info at FDA Warns Consumers Nationwide Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes

Krazy Kruizers · 06-12-2008, 05:19 AM

I am growing my own - so it won't be problem.

rachael24 · 06-24-2008, 12:38 PM

I just went to Subway here in New York and saw the sign in the window...said they are cleared by the FDA to use tomatoes again. Hopefully they got rid of the contaminated ones everywhere!

**kdAlise** · 06-24-2008, 01:27 PM

I hope so. My parents sent me some from their garden, but they're going to run out soon

MD11F · 07-20-2008, 02:47 PM

Well, I ate my matoes and I'm still alive, can't you tell?

Remember the Spinach chaos, when all you had to do was wash the greens properly?

**kdAlise** · 07-29-2008, 09:31 AM

So now they're saying it wasn't the tomatoes, it was peppers. Jalapenos and serranos to be specific...

ABC News: FDA OKs Eating Tomatoes; Salmonella Concerns Focus on Peppers

Krazy Kruizers · 07-29-2008, 02:57 PM

We have been eating tomatoes all along.

Hot-House tomatoes until our local farmers started to bring in fresh ones from the farms.

Only the jalepenos and serranos from Mexico seem to be the problem.

Hope they are right.

Beverooni · 11-11-2008, 11:04 AM

I think sometimes we are way too casual about cleaning our veggies. I know I can be if I am in a hurry. Also eggs. I read it's not the egg that carries the salmonella, it's the shell. I have now gotten into the habit of washing my eggs in soapy water before I put them in the fridge (in a separate container than the one they came in). And, I rinse them off again before I use them. (I'm really not all that paranoid about stuff but after I read the article on what is on them when they come straight from the chicken's nether-region, I knew I had to do this if I were ever to hold an egg in my hands again! I grew up on a farm and was the designated "egg gatherer," so this was a real flip for me.)

Krazy Kruizers · 11-16-2008, 10:21 AM

We are fortunate that where we live -- lots of farms around. So our store was always able to keep fresh tomatoes out.

**mango** · 11-18-2008, 07:23 PM

We have alot of farmers markets in the summer and fall so I get fresh veggies then and the store gets a lot of fresh toward fall for awhile too.