It’s always a little unnerving—and helpful—to read something like this. I guess we won’t be putting these tomatoes in our salads.

The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning to consumers nationwide
that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to consumption of certain raw
red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products containing these raw,
red tomatoes.

FDA recommends that consumers not eat raw red Roma, raw red plum, raw red
round tomatoes, or products that contain these types of raw red tomatoes unless the
tomatoes are from the sources listed below. If unsure of where tomatoes are
grown or harvested, consumers are encouraged to contact the store where the
tomato purchase was made. Consumers should continue to eat cherry tomatoes,
grape tomatoes, and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, or tomatoes
grown at home.

On June 5, using traceback and other distribution pattern information, FDA
published a list of states, territories, and countries where tomatoes are grown
and harvested which have NOT BEEN associated with this outbreak. This
updated list includes: Arkansas, California, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala,
Israel, Netherlands, and Puerto Rico.Full text:

here:http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01848.htmlwillow lawson