FDA Warns About Salmonella In Tomatoes

If you haven’t heard of the tomato born salmonella outbreak, you should immediately read the following article describing it: FDA Warns Consumers Nationwide Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes

The link is to the official FDA press release on the www.fda.gov website.

To all my friends no matter where in the States you are, please check your tomatoes, beware of your tacos, burgers and beef (there was also a recall of 13,000 lbs. of beef as well in a separate incident) and anything else that has a tomato in it for about the next two to three weeks (hopefully, by then they will have all the bad ones pulled from shelves, and those currently shipped will have aged enough to be pulled even if not tracked). Taco Bell, Burger King, and McDonald’s have all stopped serving tomatoes in various places.

You know, with the number of ecoli and salmonella outbreaks the USA has experienced, and with the world food shortage crisis, everyone ought to start learning to garden and at least begin growing what they can. Another option is investing in a farmer. Seriously, you invest in shares of a farmers production–and it is a trend that has been catching on.

The situation with tainted foodstuffs is unlikely to improve during the coming decades. In fact, as demand from an increasing global population ratchets up, oversight and inspection will likely get sloppier in the name of expediting food shipments and meeting that demand. Those farmers who suffered so much in the 80’s and lost farms are those we need now. The shortcomings of the giant corporate farms are showing, their threat to our way of life is obvious and growing—not just because of lax procedures, but because of the increasing loss of legacy seed being replaced with sterile corporate seed.

Those who control the food supply will have even greater power than those who control the oil very soon. Food hoarding is already taking place in the northeast of the country as the food price crisis sets in. Additionally, many immigrants are sending food that they have purchased here in the USA overseas to family members.

Following on the footsteps of the food pricing crisis, the food production crisis is already rearing its head. Hence, the UN task force created to tackle what most other nations have already recognized.