Salmonella spread due to restaurant tomatoes

[soblessed53]

WASHINGTON - Contaminated fresh tomatoes served in restaurants were the cause of a recent salmonella outbreak that sickened dozens of people in 21 states, health officials said Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15549821/

Seems we are taking a risk ANYTIME we eat out anymore. Do you really trust our food supply anymore? I know I sure don't!

 

[Ave Maria]

WASHINGTON - Contaminated fresh tomatoes served in restaurants were the cause of a recent salmonella outbreak that sickened dozens of people in 21 states, health officials said Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15549821/

Seems we are taking a risk ANYTIME we eat out anymore. Do you really trust our food supply anymore? I know I sure don't!

You're taking a risk with just about everything you do. You take a risk when you walk out the door. Risks are just something we have to deal with. They're a fact of life. The wise thing is knowing when to take a risk and when not to. If you go into a restaurant and see a cockroach scurry across the floor, the wise thing to do would be to walk out and call the health department.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

It's still not gonna deter me from eating vegetables and/or meat. I love to fish and hunt. I also enjoy picking fruits and vegetables right off the vine, tree and ground.

 

[icedtea]

Its almost like its a vendetta against vegetarians, what with the foods. usually meat has a much greater chance of becoming tainted.

 

[Voegelin]

Best movie Hollywood ever didn't make was "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". Think that was one of the Carter Era Productions which brought us so many wonderful things. Saw one movie after that and then decided it wasn't worth the effort.

 

[soblessed53]

You're taking a risk with just about everything you do. You take a risk when you walk out the door. Risks are just something we have to deal with. They're a fact of life. The wise thing is knowing when to take a risk and when not to. If you go into a restaurant and see a cockroach scurry across the floor, the wise thing to do would be to walk out and call the health department.

True but I'm sure all the resturaunts in 21 states that people got sick from, did not obviously have roaches running about,who WOULD eat in such a place anyway?

 

[billwald]

Canned stuff is safe.

 

[LoG]

who WOULD eat in such a place anyway?

Well if there are roaches there the food must be edible

Likely the tainted tomatoes will be traced back to one particular supplier whose business is mainly resteraunts. Could just as easily have been shipped to grocery stores, canning plants etc. As has been said already, life is risk.

 

[Ave Maria]

True but I'm sure all the resturaunts is 21 states that people got sick from, did not obviously have roaches running about,who WOULD eat in such a place anyway?

Not very many people I would hope. I know I wouldn't eat in such a place!

 

[Petunia]

Canned stuff is safe.

I'm not too sure about that. I opened a can of clam chowder soup for dinner on thursday night.. and have been sick all weekend!


Oh wait! I ate some fresh red grapes too. Could have been the grapes!

 

[soblessed53]

Isn't Salmonella a strange bacteria to be traced to tomatoes? I mean the first thing I thought about the story was "it probably came from watering with some poor quality water",but then that is more likely to have e-coli,so I'm curious to find out how in the world did tomatoes get contaminated with Salmonella? IF we ever do hear the facts.

 

[Ave Maria]

True but I'm sure all the resturaunts in 21 states that people got sick from, did not obviously have roaches running about,who WOULD eat in such a place anyway?

Isn't Salmonella a strange bacteria to be traced to tomatoes? I mean the first thing I thought about the story was "it probably came from watering with some poor quality water",but then that is more likely to have e-coli,so I'm curious to find out how in the world did tomatoes get contaminated with Salmonella? IF we ever do hear the facts.

Its possible that someone cut some infected meat and then placed the tomatos right where the meat was cut.