Los Angeles
CHANGE MY LOCATION
Donna Feldman
Denver Health ExaminerDonna Feldman grew up in New Jersey with a nutrition-obsessed mother who put wheat
germ in everything. She rebelled, but during a college all-nighter, she picked up a copy
of a popular nutrition paperback, eventually earning a Master of Science in Nutrition at Cornell University. She now has a private practice in nutrition counseling in
Boulder County. Contact her at health.examiner@mindspring.com.
Examiner Feeds
These websites were picked by the Denver Health Examiner as useful resources.Denver Examiners
John Orr
Colorado Water Examiner
Most Recent Post
Weekly water roundup: Oil shale, Udall and Schaffer, geothermal, Colorado River, Rueter-Hess, NISP
Colorado Water Examiner
Most Recent Post
Weekly water roundup: Oil shale, Udall and Schaffer, geothermal, Colorado River, Rueter-Hess, NISP
Denver Health Examiner
Showing entries for Category: tomatoes
5 News Items From the Tomato Front
Donna Feldman - Denver Health Examiner
.jpg)
Guilty?
- A 67-year old Texas man has died after eating pico de gallo. He was also a cancer patient. He reportedly ate the suspect tomatoes at a Mexican restaurant, during a celebration over good news about his cancer treatment. His death has officially been attributed to his cancer, although salmonella sent him to the hospital. This points up the tricky business of assigning blame for illness and death in these situations.
- Colorado has 2 confirmed cases so far, one in Weld County and one in Otero County. But these are just the reported cases, meaning people who sought medical treatment and were then tested for the Salmonella Saintpaul infection. It’s entirely possible that there are other cases who didn’t seek treatment and weren’t tested.
- The FDA has cleared tomatoes from Florida, the biggest tomato growing state. Mexico is a big tomato supplier as well, mostly to Western states, where many of the outbreaks occurred. Shipments from Mexico are temporarily halted.
- If you want to make a tomato complaint, here’s the phone number for Colorado: (303) 236-3044. There is no email reporting apparently. Also, I doubt that you can complain about the lack of taste in commercial tomatoes using this number.
- A long list of “safe” tomato source states can be found here. Suspect sources have not been identified. The investigation is ongoing. Colorado is considered safe, but it's not tomato harvest season here anyway.
Topics: salmonella , tomatoes , food safety
More from Denver Health Examiner
Tomato Hysteria
Donna Feldman - Denver Health Examiner
“Red Alert” screams the Rocky Mountain News front page, conjuring images of The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Deadly tomatoes are back. Or at least tomatoes that make you unpleasantly sick. Maybe. Depending... Read More
Topics: salmonella , tomatoes , food safety
