What are wrong with the tomatoes?!


Question: What are wrong with the tomatoes!?
Why can they not sell tomatoes, what is wrong with them!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
The same thing that happened a while ago with spinach!. Unless they are cooked don't eat tomatoes right nowWww@FoodAQ@Com

There are over 200 cases of salmonella reported in 23 states, with a few deaths too!.!.!.!. The FDA does NOT know what's causing it yet; but have warned that even the INSIDE of the tainted tomatoes can have salmonella (which can enter during picking or packing) - cooking will NOT kill it !.!.!.!.!.All round/Roma tomatoes are potentially affected; cherry & grape tomatoes are fine!. !.!.!.!. Florida, Texas & California have been cleared to start shipping their tomatoes again, though!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If you have ever seen a tomato Field, the migrant workers all pee in the Field, there are miles and miles of tomatoes and no place to wash hands etc!. They also use questionable irrigation tactics!. When I was in California a couple years ago it was the Lettuce which was tainted!.!. they found it to be stagnant irrigation pools, tainted water , that caused it!. It could be a number of things!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Only one man who already had cancer died from this and they are not even sure that it wasn't the cancer that killed him!. I think this is all rediculous!. Was the tomatos thoroughly or cook them!. The stores and restaurants are just afraid of lawsuits!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The tomatoes were grown with feces-tainted water and just washing the tomatoes is not enough because the contamination is inside as well!. Cooking fresh tomatoes kills the salmonella pathogen!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Salmonella!. So if you buy them from your grocer, ask where they got them!. These days, it definitely pays to be cautious!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Salmonella poisoning from run off of cow/steer feces!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Salmonella poisoning!. They could kill you or something!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

People are getting sick and dying from salmonella!. CDC is still trying to find the source!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

people are getting sick from tomatoes and dyingWww@FoodAQ@Com





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