The Food and Drug Administration says fresh tomatoes are safe to eat.
The FDA Associate Commissioner for Food, Doctor David Atchison, says all types of domestic tomatoes can now be consumed without concern they may be tainted with salmonella.
What prompted the FDA to lift the advisory, a couple of things.
Farms identified through trace-backs are no longer shipping tomatoes and critical checkpoints along the supply chain have turned up no evidence of salmonella contamination.
The new villans, the jalepeno and serrano peppers. Doctor Atchison suggests the elderly, immune-compromised and young children refrain from eating jalepeno and serrano peppers while the FDA continues to investigate.
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thanks for the green light. heard your plug for your blog on the way to work. love listening to you. you three works so well together. and you all make me laugh. its neat really.
fun tidbit: a caterpillar got stuck in my windshield wiper during the down pour last night. too bad i didnt see in until after i turned them on.
was that too much? probably.
anyway...your blog made my blog roll list. good for you.
Hi Molly,
I'm a morning show listener (who, by the way, actually uttered and audible "YES!" complete with a mid-air victorious arm gesture the first day you were back on the air after the regrettable Molly-Free Big Party Show Experiment) and couldn't resist stopping by to read. As a fellow foodie, I'm glad I did--I'll be stopping by again to peruse your archives and see what's new.
I'm glad Tomatoes have been deemed safe again, but I'm bummed about the Jalepeno restrictions--pretty soon I'm going walk into Chipotle and be forced to order just a plain tortilla...
Sara
(www.freewebs.com/skinnysara)
Heya cousin!
The tomato is still a "no-no" according to this blog:
"Chipotle grilled
When will the conscientious burrito giant pay up for less exploitative tomatoes?"
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/7/3/101446/7236
And the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, those tomato pickers from Florida. They're focusing particularly on Chipotle now to really live up to their pledge of 'food with integrity' and pay a penny more per pound for the tomatoes they buy.
your blog is great and so are you!
take care
~d~
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