Tomato Alert!!!

Healthier_Me

Wondering what to make of this whole tomato salmonella fiasco? Here's the scoop. The FDA is recommending that people do NOT eat raw red Roma tomatoes, raw red plum tomatoes, raw red round tomatoes, or products containing them (unless said tomatoes have been grown and harvested in select areas listed on the FDA website - http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes.html ). Restaurants and grocery stores have been advised not to serve or sell these tomatoes, as well. Tomatoes not associated with this salmonella scare are cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, and tomatoes grown at home. For more information on this, go here ( http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes.html#outbreak )for the latest updates. FYI, experts say simply washing your tomatoes really well is NOT enough to get rid of the contamination, and the FDA does not recommend cooking these tomatoes either. So stick with those tomato types not associated with the outbreak -- at least for the time being!

http://hungry-girl.com/news/newsdetails.php?isid=1466

Healthier_Me

Wondering what to make of this whole tomato salmonella fiasco? Here's the scoop. The FDA is recommending that people do NOT eat raw red Roma tomatoes, raw red plum tomatoes, raw red round tomatoes, or products containing them (unless said tomatoes have been grown and harvested in select areas listed on the FDA website - http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes.html ). Restaurants and grocery stores have been advised not to serve or sell these tomatoes, as well. Tomatoes not associated with this salmonella scare are cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, and tomatoes grown at home. For more information on this, go here ( http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes.html#outbreak )for the latest updates. FYI, experts say simply washing your tomatoes really well is NOT enough to get rid of the contamination, and the FDA does not recommend cooking these tomatoes either. So stick with those tomato types not associated with the outbreak -- at least for the time being!

http://hungry-girl.com/news/newsdetails.php?isid=1466

chelsey787

thank you! i've been wondering which ones i can and cannot eat... although i did buy a roma tomato last week before i heard about all this and i ate it. hopefully i don't get salmonella! haha

Healthier_Me

Very welcome:bigsmile:

Nich0le

As a restaurant owner can I just say UGH!

We get all of our tomatoes from a local organic farmer, he even went to the trouble of making a flyer for our customers explaining that his farming exceeds the standards set by the FDA and his tomatoes are not affected by the salmonella and people still don't eat them.

If you like tomatoes and they are in your store right now they are good to eat. All of the affected tomatoes should have already been taken out of the grocery for sale. Otherwise stick to cherry or grape tomatoes for your salads if you are weary.

Not that it isn't serious, but you should go to the FDA site and find out what tomatoes are affected and confirm with your grocery before buying tomatoes where their tomatoes originate from.

Healthier_Me

Thanks for putting some minds at ease M.
My 2y/o loves cherry tomatoes so I'm glad she can continue to eat them.

~Joanna:flowerforyou: