Recent Salmonella Scare

In the news, recently, there has been some talk about tomatoes being removed from shelves due to contamination with a rod-shaped bacterium called Salmonella, that is too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope. I think there have been a number of well-known fast food enterprises (you know who they are) that have removed just about all tomatoes from their foods in response to these reports.

My feeling is that, while a few people my get sick and suffer from abdominal craps and diarrhea, the published stories may have been just a little bit overblown by the media. (Gee. When has that ever happened before?) If you are really concerned, just make it a point to boycott fast food venues for a while (not a bad idea anyway) and frequent local vegetable stands for some good old American, I-grew-it-right-here, organic produce. I’m not saying that even farmer John’s produce might not also be contaminated from time to time, but if you always practice good hygiene when you handle your food, you will probably not have that much to worry about.