More States Added To Salmonella Tomato List

If you haven’t already heard, there is a problem with tomatoes.

On the 8th, the FDA announced a list of places where tomatoes would be safe (if they were grown in that place).

Our local supermarket had signs up assuring us that their tomatoes were safe, although, with today’s news, I am not so sure. As long as they were grown here, it appears they are still safe.

The toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes has jumped to 228 illnesses. The government has learned of five dozen previously unknown cases — and says it’s possible the food poisoning contributed to the death of a cancer patient in Texas.

Six states that had escaped the outbreak so far have been added to the list — Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee and Vermont — bringing the number of affected states to 23.

Then again, with as much produce on the market as there is at any one time, how does one guarantee that the tomatoes they have are not imported from somewhere else?

Health officials say seven Georgia residents have become ill in a nationwide outbreak of tomato-associated salmonella.

Six of the cases were in the Atlanta area and one in northeast Georgia. One patient was hospitalized but has since been released.

They have no idea where the tainted tomatoes were grown, but it appears this is hardly over.

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