Posted on 06/09/2008 7:46:40 PM PDT by topher
You can always ask your grocery store...
However, Arizona is missing as well and other Western states are missing (Oregon, New Mexico, and others).
Most likely source would be Mexico or Central America.
There have been 145 reported Salmonella cases in US since mid-April...
The tomatoes in question are from m-e-x-i-c-o, but we didn’t want to say so and have La Raza not like us.
So where did the bad ones come from? China? Mexico?
This has a 3rd world type of ring.
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“You can always ask your grocery store...”
Because they’re really good about not re-grinding old meat into disease-laced hamburger? *SMIRK*
I never buy fresh tomatoes unless from a local farm stand; I grow most of my own. When it’s October and there are few tomatoes to be found in the garden, I tell Husband and the kids, “Last Call For Tomatoes!” and it’s a mad dash to get the last few because they know it’ll be a YEAR before they get another fresh one.
They’ve been known to nurse a green tomato into ripening on the windowsill well into December, LOL! :)
But a few months ago, cantaloupe from Honduras had Salmonella.
At that time, I think Del Monte was providing retailers with Cantaloupes from Guatamala, for example.
Also, there have been cases of Salmonella with Green Onions in the past 6 months from Mexico.
They didn’t really need to tell me that my home grown tomatoes were safe to eat. I ate 2 of them today.
Notice they don’t say where the sources of these bad tomatoes are from, only the “good” sources.
I’d bet the list is short on the bad side, but not politically correct to print...
Some obvious missing sources are China and Mexico.
They didnt really need to tell me that my home grown tomatoes were safe to eat. I ate 2 of them today.
But... but... but... They are the government... They have to tell you EVERYTHING... [/sarcasm off]
HEADLINES tomorrow:
OBAMA declares Salmonella in tomatoes is Bush's Fault
Something like illustrates how safe our food supply is if you stop and think about it.
Outbreaks like this probably happened all the time in the past, but people didn’t know it or were just immune.
In today’s ultra sterile world and rapid information flow; an outbreak this is communicated quickly and affects immune systems that are not exposed to a lot.
This outbreak will be traced back to the source, and someone (or company) will be out of business and new regulations probably put in place.
I think the problem with tomatoes are the large number of sources to check...
P.S. This is where I go into my usual rant about, “knowing where your food comes from...”
We’ve been doing a “local food” challenge on my site and it’s been amazing how well one can eat with a diet based on what is grown locally within your own state.
I’m a little spoiled, though. Wisconsin seemingly has it all! Awesome baked goods, any Dairy product you’d want, homemade sausages, beef and pork right off the hoof, apples, carrots, onions and ‘taters. You can make jam from wild grapes, and other small fruits you can grow at home such a Currant, Gooseberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, etc. (Small fruits make wonderful wines as well!)
Venison, fish and turkey for the time it takes you to load a shotgun, etc. :)
Check out what’s growing in your own state. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. You don’t need to eat no stinkin’ imported foods! (Except for Olive Oil, maybe.) :)
My friends have more tomatoes than they can pick...I got a dozen more today. They are delicious and home grown!
McDonald's, others pull tomatoes over salmonella By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
That news article (which is one hour old) only has:
Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Israel, Netherlands and Puerto Rico.
That was the list from this morning...
The LAXY, Politically Correct AP reporters at work...
That goes for all those other grocery store veggies... I think most of them are imported too. Good to ask your produce person where they were grown. Local is good. Support our own growers.
Funny why hasn't the media hasn't mentioned where they were grown? Hmmm?
"...California Tomato Farmers President Ed Beckman said that at this time of year almost all tomatoes sold in the United States come from either Mexico or Florida."
Don't be so hasty!
I always think the opposite. I think things were more localized in the past.In this age of rapid distribution food goes farther faster. Of course I could be wrong. ;)
is this disease IN the tomatoe?...or on the outside......I’ll be danged if I ‘m going to give up on tomatoes just because of some scare....tomatoes are my favorite vegetable....
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