Tomatoes are again safe to eat, says the Food and Drug Administration, weeks after the food was blamed as a source of a salmonella outbreak in the United States and Canada. The source of the outbreak of salmonella still isn’t known, but the FDA says tomatoes are safe.
The federal agency lifted its warning about tomatoes but left in place a warning about raw jalapeño and serrano peppers, having previously said those foods also may be linked to the outbreak.
The source of the outbreak still isn’t known — and 20 to 30 reports of the illness are coming in per day — but the FDA said the epidemic is “waning…”
Salmonella Saintpaul — a rare form of the bacteria — has infected more than 1,190 people in 42 states, the District of Columbia and Canada since April.
Salmonella can lead to infections involving diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and sometimes a low-grade fever. In most cases, an infected person will recover within a week without medicine simply by staying hydrated, doctors have said.
I’ll say it, again. The FDA is the FEMA of food. There is no traceability. There is no mechanism for mandatory recall. No one is responsible.
Thanks, K B
#20 – You are hilarious, and stupid. You point to a legal definition of a drug. As opposed to the biological definition. Vitamins are part of FOOD.
Oh, wait! Water intake can help prevent certain illnesses. H2O is now a drug! LOL
So if the gov’t decides to classify “legally” milk as a drug you think it should be regulated and be by prescription only?
Oh, how about if I redefine the word life to mean death? The gov’t can then enforce your rights. Oops, maybe that wouldn’t be a bad idea… Hmmm.
God, what an idiot.
#21, Cow-Paddy
You point to a legal definition of a drug. As opposed to the biological definition. Vitamins are part of FOOD.
So are insulin, penicillin, botulism, and salmonella. Besides, I gave you a dictionary definition. Maybe you would care to give us another, biological definition. Please tell us what source you use.
Oh, wait! Water intake can help prevent certain illnesses. H2O is now a drug! LOL
Well, no, but the EPA regulates large municipal water treatment and the FDA regulates bottled water. Of course, you didn’t know that.
So if the gov’t decides to classify “legally” milk as a drug you think it should be regulated and be by prescription only?
Milk is a food and as such is already regulated by the FDA. Milk (and I assume cows milk) does not kill people outright, especially when it is handled as required by the FDA guidelines. Milk NOT handled properly, such as unpasteurized milk, can cause (carry) several diseases that can cause severe injury leading up to death.
Suggesting it be handled only through a physician’s prescription is stupi… oopps, forgot, that was your proposal. Never mind.
Oh, how about if I redefine the word life to mean death?
That would not surprise me. Wing nuts like to attach new meanings to words all the time. They also make claims all the time and fail to back them up.
#14
In the list you have in your post, we know what happened.
Due to budget cuts and increased workload the FDA can’t due the job properly.
Sad but true !
How about people need to be sure to wash thier hands and the food before they fix the food they feed you and leave it at that.
Agreed, the FDA doesn’t have the bodies needed to do the job it is supposed to do so you buy it and take your chances.
24 – They need to stop spraying fields with human feces.