Salmonella Tomato UpDate for Thursday

The toll from salmonella tainted tomatoes jumped to 228 illnesses Thursday as the government learned of five dozen previously unknown cases and said it is possible the food poisoning contributed to a cancer patients death.

Add these states to reported illnesses, bringing the affected states to 23:

Florida
Georgia
Missouri
New York
Tennessee
Vermont

The FDA still does not have a press release for us on why are the tomatoes becoming infected and where did the outbreak start. And they are concerned that as long as they are continuing to see new cases come on board, it is a concern that there are still contaminated tomatoes out there.

Government officials have said all week they were close to cracking the case, but “perhaps they are being too optimistic.”

On the DO NOT EAT LIST list are still raw red plum, red Roma or red round tomatoes, unless they were grown in specific states or countries that the FDA has cleared because they were not harvesting when the outbreak began or were not selling their tomatoes in places where people got sick.

Because of the enormity of the situation, FDA is asking consumers to go directly to its Web site: http://www.fda.gov There you will find updated lists of safe regions.

Speaking of safe… still safe are grape tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached. That is not because there is anything biologically safer about those with a vine but because the sick have assured investigators that is not the kind of tomato they ate.

What if you did not go to the store armed with a list, or the store or restaurant manager cannot assure that any plum, Roma or round tomatoes came from safe regions?

Cooking can also kill salmonella, but the FDA is not formally advising people to cook suspect tomatoes for fear they will not get them heated thoroughly. Better safe than sorry…!

“At this point, there isn’t a lot of data to suggest this is a more virulent strain,” said Dr. Ian Williams of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of yet…NO deaths have been attributed to the salmonella. But the CDC for the first time Thursday acknowledged that the salmonella may have been a contributing factor in the cancer caused death of a 67 year young Texas man.

Bon Appetit Baby Boomers
~The Baby Boomer Queen~

Here are the baby Boomers Queen’s other links to post about the Salmonella Outbreak with TOMATOES:

http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/salmonella-tomatoe-alert

http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/salmonella-tomato-alert-update/

http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/salmonella-tomatoes-update-by-center-for-disease-control/

http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/salmonella-tomato-alert-update-mcdonalds-says-no/

http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/salmonella-tomato-alert-hits-kfc-and-taco-bell/

http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/salmonella-tomato-alert-and-symptoms/

http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/salmonella-tomato-alert-fda-to-identify-tomates/

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