All tomatoes cleared for consumption
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared all fresh tomatoes on the market as safe for consumption, but questions about how and when public health agencies inform the public and issue advisories such as those in the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak are just beginning to be assessed.
Dr. David Acheson, the FDA's associate commissioner for foods, said this afternoon,
"We are lifting the tomato warning and we believe that consumers can now enjoy all types of fresh tomatoes.”
Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said,
"It's clear to us that tomatoes do not explain all the clusters.”
The government still doesn't know what caused the salmonella outbreak, which has sickened at least 1,220 people, but reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers -- jalapenos and serranos.
Acheson said that within the past 48 hours the FDA sent a team to Mexico to investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of farms. He said the investigation there is ongoing, but it's not believed that the firm also processes tomatoes.
Dr. David Acheson, the FDA's associate commissioner for foods, said this afternoon,"We are lifting the tomato warning and we believe that consumers can now enjoy all types of fresh tomatoes.”
Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said,
"It's clear to us that tomatoes do not explain all the clusters.”
The government still doesn't know what caused the salmonella outbreak, which has sickened at least 1,220 people, but reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers -- jalapenos and serranos.
Acheson said that within the past 48 hours the FDA sent a team to Mexico to investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of farms. He said the investigation there is ongoing, but it's not believed that the firm also processes tomatoes.
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Without a doubt organic fertilizer is the culprit. Once the CDC can verify the farms these vegetables originated from the first thing they will look for is a commom denominator with the fertilizer. Organic fertilizer is made with animal waste, fish meal and poultry meal and has been the source of many salmonella outbreaks in the past.The name of the strain may change but the source doesn't!
all i can say is thank yahweh because i've been eating salsa like a fiend. now i can finally enjoy it without fear of bloody diarrhea!
do you think it might be improperly treated chicken fertilzer