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Attaaaaaack of the Killer Tomatoes! (lol salmonella outbreak)

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So, who's had to put up with this thing yet?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_bi_ge/tomatoes_salmonella

I think it's an interesting collision of modern media and modern American food practices. If there's a certain mass tomato producer with contaminated stock, how do you let people know about it without freaking out the populace?

― kingfish, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 17:38 (eighteen years ago)

this happened with spinach a few years ago and I recall that the outbreak was tracked back to one or two suppliers w/ national distributions; the point being that the LOCAL PRODUCERS who were not to blame were being hit because Media was all like 'O FUCK SPINACHES = DETHOMG." So... buy local.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

This started in MY city of residence. Thank you, thank you. Please, quit lauding me.

I am standing outside my tomato plants with a gun, in case you were wondering about the only safe tomatoes in Cruces.

― Abbott, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, salmonellosis sure is lol funny.

― Gorge, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:15 (eighteen years ago)

you mad?

― carne asada, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

dude twenty-three people in hospital vs. how many ate tomatoes? salmonellosis don't mater.

― Kerm, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:18 (eighteen years ago)

40,000 cases a year. lol hysterical shit, man

― Gorge, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:22 (eighteen years ago)

bloody diarrheeee lol shit haw dude

― Gorge, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:24 (eighteen years ago)

life means hardship. let's cry about it.

― Kerm, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:37 (eighteen years ago)

looks like someone's getting butthurt

― kingfish, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

best to use soft tissue

― kingfish, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:40 (eighteen years ago)

bloody-butthurt

― carne asada, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:40 (eighteen years ago)

bloody diarrheeee lol shit haw dude

http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/Common/Img/jethro.gif

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

maters got yer vittles danglin'

― Kerm, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

i wish I had a vegetable garden

― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

I missed having tomatoes on my Jimmy John's sandwich today. :/

― jaymc, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 22:52 (eighteen years ago)

My tomatoes won't be in for some time.

― kingfish, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 23:05 (eighteen years ago)

A scientist explained on NPR yesterday why simple washing won't make the tomatoes safe: Salmonella could have entered into the tomato thru the stem-scar, if they were washed in contaminated water.

― libcrypt, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

So this is probably why the cafe this morning had no tomatoes for my bagel with tomatoes that I eat every day. I went across the street to a less nice deli and bought some to add. Salmonella = loads of sick days home from work?

― Laurel, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 23:41 (eighteen years ago)

thank u libcrypt, I was wondering about that.

centralized mass-produced food distribution is the root cause here, we'll see more stuff like this until oil-based transport becomes too expensive (which should happen in, oh, five years at most).

― sleeve, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:23 (eighteen years ago)


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