June 24, 2008Tomato updateMichael Sutphin with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech wrote me this afternoon with some valuable information about handling raw fruits and vegetables. He thought it would be particularly timely in light of the recent salmonella scare involving tomatoes. To read the article, click here.
June 11, 2008Update from the FDAThe Food and Drug Administration yesterday updated its list of states and countries exporting SAFE tomatoes. Namely, Florida tomatoes have been approved. But here's the whole list, followed by a few paragraphs of additional information that I found on the FDA Web site. If you have other questions, I would encourage you to visit the site. I'm off to a neat assignment now (for next week's column), but I'll be back this afternoon with another entry. The list of APPROVED states: June 10, 2008You say tomato, I say salmonella
In case you've missed it, the Food and Drug Administration is advising against the consumption of certain kinds of raw tomatoes, including red plum, red Roma and red round. Apparently, folks across the country have fallen ill with salmonella infection and the FDA believes it has been linked to tomatoes. I'm really disappointed by this outbreak. It's almost tomato season here, which should be a time of joy for tomato lovers everywhere. It's a time to savor that first tomato sandwich or a big bowl of warm, juicy fruit with cottage cheese. And while the best tomatoes, hands down, come right out of a backyard garden, people with no time to garden deserve the very best of the season, too. When I went grocery shopping on Sunday, many tomatoes had all been pulled from my Kroger store. Cherry, grape and on-the-vine tomatoes are still okay, according to the FDA. The administration has released a list of states where tomato production has NOT been affected by the outbreak. Read on for the list. |
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