Hi everyone, and 20 lashes of wet noodles to anyone who has given up tomatoes!  The tomato is "sterile" inside if it's skin has not been broken. If there is any salmonella it is ON the tomato not inside, and washing suffices nicely.

That it is being claimed of 300 plus cases of salmonella, is no claim whatsoever. There are many more cases than this possible in a population of close to 350 million people in American. (I am including the illegals in that number.)

Something else is going on. I talked with a grocer this week while shopping (for tomatoes) and found out trucks came and took the tomatoes in the store away. They were not thrown out.

Now, if a business is being "punished" for some reason, and this is often a reason in food recalls, this makes no sense this time. I do find it interesting that it is the cheaper tomatoes that are beiing confiscated, not the expensive ones. And from many sources.

An idea to consider, is that someone needs lots of tomatoes and they are being stolen. There is a huge food problem in Iraq right now, and the people depend a great deal on tomatoes in their diet. And the tomato crops are doing poorly there at this time. Also at issue is money and food acquisition for the troops. Perhaps the tomatoes are being stolen, and send to Iraq? Highly possible!!!!!! Or to some similar destiny.

You see this "salmonella" thing, happened at least a month ago, and that was admitted on the tell a vision set this morning. So why are tomatoes being stolen a month after the fact? What better way to steal food by our government for whatever covert purpose, than to suddenly invent some propaganda!!!!!!!!!!

The types of tomatoes being stolen are grown in great bulk, and are tomatoes that store and ship well. The common tomato. The little grape tomatoes, the expensive vine tomatoes etc, are the ones being "left behind."  Something very fishy.

If a number of people can trace their salmonella infections to tomatoes, I suggest they ate contaminated food at a restaurant or in their own home. Salmonella is all over the place. Common on chickens, so let's say one cut their tomatoes on the cutting board they just cut their infected chicken on, and then ate the tomatoes raw in a salad. Bingo, problem solved.

Prepare your food carefully and never use the same preparation utensiles you used for meat, particularly chicken, on the fruit and veggies in your meal. Always, always, use a clean surface to prepare food you are going to consume RAW. And cut away any damaged parts. The tomato used in part, and then stored in the fridge can also grow infection if it was cut on a non sterile area with non sterile tools. It is better if a tomato has been cut and in the fridge for a period of time, to cook it, instead of using it raw.

I think American businesses just saw their tomatoes off to Iraq and they didn't get paid for it. If you all read the stories by Dr. Sue Arrigo on this site recently, you learned the government steals stuff from stores by just this sort of game playing.