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Say it isn’t so!
A news report from Japan surfaced about a serious food crisis that began earlier this week, culminating in a shocker yesterday.
Yesterday (in Japan time, it’d be earlier “today”), Nissin Food Products issued a 500,000 unit recall of its Cup Noodles product, that iconic just-add-water instant food staple of the poor, beleaguered, tired working [...]
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Starting today, Costco [COST] has begun offering flu vaccinations at various locations. As is typical, the cost is nominally set for USD $20.00, so if you happen to be at your favorite Costco outlet at the time, you can certainly get yourself of a life-saving flu shot while ‘grazing!
To determine when your Costco has the [...]
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Remember what I was saying about “killer tomatoes vs. killer peppers“?
Today, in breaking news, the FDA has declared that tomatoes are now (relatively) safe to eat, citing that the chances that the tomatoes grown earlier in April and May 2008 are most likely no longer in circulation.
On the flip side, the FDA warns against consuming [...]
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Just when you thought things were bogged down on the mysterious tomato-related Salmonellosis, the FDA and CDC seem to have turned yet another corner on the widespread illness. But rather than narrowing the search definitively, it seems that the search has widened.
In addition to tomatoes, the FDA is also investigating other components found in tomato-based [...]
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A Little Bit More to Stalking the Killer Tomatoes to Florida and Mexico:
As the story on the exploration of the “tomato-related” Salmonellosis possibly being due to another cause(s) was being assembled, the FDA has released another announcement on their update page on the progress of their investigation, as a PDF transcript, that discusses the currently known [...]
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The Setup
When the initial information about the afflicted persons came in, supposedly due to the tomato-related Salmonellosis, the serious cases were alleged to be salsa-, guacamole- and/or picante-related. While this was later translated to being due to tomatoes, what if it isn’t?
Why is this little detail so important? Because the number of cases continues to [...]
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Fuddruckers: The Setup
A few days ago (this past Thursday (6/26/2008, ‘kay?)), I went over to Fuddruckers to celebrate Tom’s birthday.
Several days before that (on 6/15/2008, in fact), we’d gone over to Fudd’s, only to find out that they had yanked their tomatoes, due to the Salmonellois outbreak. As we sat in our large circular booth, [...]
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For folks who need that “extra ooomph” in explanations of potentially serious health risks (or because reading text may be somewhat… challenging), the FDA has prepared a one-page PDF that outlines the current state of affairs associated with their public activities surrounding the tomato-related Salmonellosis. While the events described in the PDF have been going on [...]
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The FDA is continuing its investigation on the tomato-associated Salmonellosis, and several FDA updates have occurred over the past weekend. Unfortunately, the M&M numbers continue to increase.
In addition to the FDA, the CDC and the Indian Health Service are also participating in the investigation.
Impacted Raw Tomato Types
The types of raw tomatoes affected by the outbreak [...]
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A Little Bit:
Earlier today, the FDA posted an announcement on their update page that their investigation on the tomato-associated Salmonellosis has traced the tomatoes linked to the outbreak to some farms in Florida and Mexico. A PDF transcript of the FDA briefing on their investigation is also available.
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