Salmonella outbreak in Texas and New Mexico

 Texas-grown tomatoes not tainted
Friday, June 06, 2008 | 7:14 PM
AUSTIN, TX -- Tomatoes linked to a Salmonella outbreak in Texas and New
Mexico were not grown in Texas, state and federal officials said Friday.

Texas state agriculture officials said Texas was one of 12 states or
countries eliminated by the federal Food and Drug Administration as a
possible source of the tainted tomatoes.

The illness so far has caused more than 50 people in Texas and New Mexico to
become ill since the outbreak started in April.

As they work to determine the source, health officials are advising that
people not eat any raw Roma or full-sized round tomatoes other than those
sold attached to the vine or grown at home.


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Moe Jones
http://www.MoeJones.info

 
jeez, what next. mad tomato disease?

 z wrote:

What was mad about the problem was when the stores pulled their 50 cents a
pound tomatoes off the shelves, they replaced with $2 a pound tomatoes.

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Moe Jones
http://www.MoeJones.info

 How come FedEx can tell you exactly where your package is at all
times, but we can't figure out where these tomatoes came from?

 Laura from MomsRetro.com wrote:

There is no bar code on each tomato. They come to the packing houses
from farms from miles around, no bar code added, then shipped to
distribution warehouses, repackaged again into the size containers the
retailer requires before reaching the retail floor where they get a
bar code - price only!!  BTW, they have a large crew in Florida
searching for the source now. Have you heard the term, "looking for a
needle in a haystack"?

Tom J