Comments on: Revenge of Salmonella- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Part Deux http://www.talkingscience.org/2008/07/revenge-of-salmonella-attack-of-the-killer-tomatoes-part-deux/ TalkingScience is a non-profit organization focus on educating the general public on science through new media. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Lewis Robinson http://www.talkingscience.org/2008/07/revenge-of-salmonella-attack-of-the-killer-tomatoes-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-34781 Lewis Robinson Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:35:04 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=81#comment-34781 A few workers in our area got Salmonella poisoning. It is a good thing that they did not die and they have fully recovered. ' A few workers in our area got Salmonella poisoning. It is a good thing that they did not die and they have fully recovered. '

]]> By: Phil http://www.talkingscience.org/2008/07/revenge-of-salmonella-attack-of-the-killer-tomatoes-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-20711 Phil Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:22:17 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=81#comment-20711 Salmonella is quite dangerous, specially when you ate foods infected with this bacteria. i had a friend who was hospitalized due to salmonella/food poisoning and he almost died from it. Salmonella is quite dangerous, specially when you ate foods infected with this bacteria. i had a friend who was hospitalized due to salmonella/food poisoning and he almost died from it.

]]> By: Andy http://www.talkingscience.org/2008/07/revenge-of-salmonella-attack-of-the-killer-tomatoes-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Andy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:15:16 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=81#comment-6 Methinks you apologize too much for your rage. I couldn't agree more that the FDA doesn't do enough for consumers and I feel they capitulate to corporations which is not too surprising considering the vast amounts of resources they have available to bend government agencies to their will while consumers have jack. This is why I am not so sure increasing regulations is the answer. For a multitude of reasons it is time we overhauled the way we go about acquiring our food and you just touched on one of them. To me it makes sense to buy local organic food as often as possible. The closer to home your food originates, the less resources are used to transport it to your table (we are in the midst of an energy crisis after all), the less opportunity it has to mix with contaminated food, the more control you will have over how it is handled. You talk about empowering the consumer, imagine if you were to purchase produce from a local farmer, you could go and actually see the facilities any time you pleased, cut out the middle man (FDA). If some sort of bacteria break-out did occur it would be easier to narrow down the source. Additionally, in general, the less processing your food goes through the healthier it is for you. I have talked to kids (and I don't mean extremely young kids, I mean like 12 years old) who don't realize meat comes from animals, I have met kids who could not name 3 vegetables. I personally feel we should have a relationship with the food we eat and those who produce it. I realize that at the present time this is not the most realistic scenario but perhaps something to shoot for. It is my opinion that if government agencies really want to help they will develop programs to encourage more family farms, organic farms and developing local networks to sell their food in. I feel your pain andy Methinks you apologize too much for your rage. I couldn't agree more that the FDA doesn't do enough for consumers and I feel they capitulate to corporations which is not too surprising considering the vast amounts of resources they have available to bend government agencies to their will while consumers have jack. This is why I am not so sure increasing regulations is the answer. For a multitude of reasons it is time we overhauled the way we go about acquiring our food and you just touched on one of them. To me it makes sense to buy local organic food as often as possible. The closer to home your food originates, the less resources are used to transport it to your table (we are in the midst of an energy crisis after all), the less opportunity it has to mix with contaminated food, the more control you will have over how it is handled. You talk about empowering the consumer, imagine if you were to purchase produce from a local farmer, you could go and actually see the facilities any time you pleased, cut out the middle man (FDA). If some sort of bacteria break-out did occur it would be easier to narrow down the source.

Additionally, in general, the less processing your food goes through the healthier it is for you. I have talked to kids (and I don't mean extremely young kids, I mean like 12 years old) who don't realize meat comes from animals, I have met kids who could not name 3 vegetables. I personally feel we should have a relationship with the food we eat and those who produce it. I realize that at the present time this is not the most realistic scenario but perhaps something to shoot for. It is my opinion that if government agencies really want to help they will develop programs to encourage more family farms, organic farms and developing local networks to sell their food in.

I feel your pain
andy

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