Tomatoes linked to food poisoning
MILWAUKEE — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are looking into whether two cases of salmonella food poisoning in Wisconsin might have come from eating raw tomatoes.
Health officials said earlier this week that a salmonella outbreak in nine states had been linked to uncooked tomatoes. The CDC said today it was looking into whether raw tomatoes were responsible for cases in Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Virginia.
In Wisconsin, one adult from Milwaukee County and another person from Pepin County have been sickened.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said the outbreaks in New Mexico and Texas appear tied to some types of raw red tomatoes and products containing them. It has suggested people in those states may want to eat other types of tomatoes.
Jun 9, 2008 at 11:57 a.m.
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The food supply has never been safe. The only sure way to avoid food poisoning is to cook everything thoroughly and to practise good sanitation. Fresh vegetables are handled by people. People make mistakes. Every time we eat a raw tomato, or carrot, or whatever we put our faith in the people who handled it. Usually, those people are trustworthy, but not always.
Jun 8, 2008 at 10:43 p.m.
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ops, that was oscar madison's ex wife... i think....
Jun 8, 2008 at 10:40 p.m.
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Taco bell pulled tomatoes from menu.. When tomatoes are criminal, only criminals will eat tomatoes.. They will have to pry that raw tomato from my cold dead hands (of course if i had cooked it i would still be alive)
wonder if blanching would help? course she never helped Flex Unger much....
Jun 7, 2008 at 10:47 p.m.
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So what fresh produce panic is this now? So far we have had this with spinach, lettuce, green onions, and cantalope and now 'maters??? Yet another reason to grow your own tomatoes (or any of your veggies for that matter) in your back yard or in pots on your balcony. Growing your own tomatoes has the added benefit of taste!Magnifique! Which reminds me, I talked to one of the ladies at Rotary Gardens and they said they will be having more tomato plants at next years sale because this years sale sold out of tomatoes by noon.
Jun 7, 2008 at 9:52 p.m.
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I wash all my fruit and veggies and used three tomatoes in a salad today. I'm not going to freak out about it and quit eating tomatoes. Remember the spinach scare a while back?
Jun 7, 2008 at 7:53 p.m.
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So, now we can't even eat tomatoes in salads? One of my favorite summer treats, now gone the way of the wind? And the government wonders why we don't trust it anymore. They can't even keep our food supply safe!
Jun 6, 2008 at 10:49 p.m.
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BayMom... if it is as you say...that Quayle doesn't deserve to be criticized for not knowing how to spell correctly... then why should the "public education system" be blamed, as a whole, and not the teacher?
Is individual responsibility a thing of the past?
Is that part of the "dumbing down of America?"
Jun 6, 2008 at 10:11 p.m.
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Actually, Dan Quayle only asked the student to spell it as the *teacher* had written it on the quiz sheet she'd given him. The public education system deserved the blame, but the press gave it to Quayle - wrongfully!
Jun 6, 2008 at 9:45 p.m.
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Well, I'm not gonna worry. At today's prices, I can't even afford a bad tomato.
Jun 6, 2008 at 8:19 p.m.
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Dan Quayle misspelled potato, not tomato.
Jun 6, 2008 at 6:07 p.m.
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I think Dan Quayle spelled "tomato" singular with an "e" on the end, which is incorrect, but not for plural. Or maybe I missed the joke?
Jun 6, 2008 at 5:25 p.m.
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Wow, that's funny. lol
Jun 6, 2008 at 5:19 p.m.
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See, Dan Quayle spelled it correctly!
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