Why can't those tomatoes be sold at a discount price and let us decide if we want to take the risk?

[RB TexLa]

Instead of just throwing them away.

[anonymous171]

1. lol Can you imagine the lawsuits? Even if they were thrown out, it would still be a hassle.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Or cook em. You'd be okay if you made sauce.

[angstlessk]

3. with or without warning??? you seem to love corporations so much..

and fear their losing a dollar ... with or without warning??

[RB TexLa]

7. Of course with a warning. It's not about anyone losing money, it's wasteful. There are plenty of

who would be willing to take the risk if it saves them some money.

[gullwing300]

13. Isn't washing them an effective way to prevent sickness? I've never heard of salmonella INSIDE

a piece of fruit...
weird.

[Muttocracy]

18. heard something on radio today about washing not being enough

but I want to look up more about that.

[gullwing300]

22. Maybe it's not like e.coli I'm pretty sure that can be washed off.

I didn't even know about the tomato thing until this evening reading DU! :shrug:

[WinkyDink]

27. No, or McDonald's, Red Robin, et al. wouldn't be ditching them.

[angstlessk]

20. WOW JUST WOW..I can save 25 cents per pound on tomatoes

never mind it costs me $15,000 in hospital bills to overcome the salmanella...BUT I SAVED 25 CENTS PER POUND ON TOMATOES...

[Schema Thing]

4. besides, I *like* salmon, so how bad can salmon/ella be?

[gristy]

5. How will you determine the risk? You can't. You don't have the information or training.

[RB TexLa]

11. I didn't mention determining the risk. I said take the risk.

You are correct I am not trained to determine the risk, but I never said I would, just that I would like to be able to chose if I take the risk or not.

[cynatnite]

6. Because corporations would love it too much...

they wouldn't have to be responsible for people getting sick from their products. They'd have ALL of their products that way if they could get away with it.

[izquierdista]

8. Or cooked...

Simmer on the stove all day for some nice marinara.....yum!

[Canuckistanian]

9. Here's a better idea - INVESTIGATE why the tomatoes are infected

Do any of you in your lifetimes remember a time when tomatoes were considered a health risk??

Good thing tomatoes are not a regular part of the American diet.

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[dana_b]

16. thank you!!!!!! n/t

[tridim]

10. My neighbor just told me tomatoes are on "clearance" at our grocery store.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Why can't they be given to me for my compost pile!

That's the real question. Well, fine not ALL of them. Just a couple of hundred pounds worth.

[Olney Blue]

14. It's unethical to put you at risk with a potential life-threatening illness.

[dana_b]

15. oh, nooooooo.........

I had a terrible stomach virus last week with all of the exact symptoms that the CDC listed for this tomato/salmonella poisoning. I do not know if it was a result of tomatoes (I am a vegetarian and eat them all the time) but I would not wish that on my worst enemy! it took a week to get over it.

[Muttocracy]

19. I think it's only Roma and Plum tomatoes from a few locations?

Is that what you had?

[dana_b]

21. I really don't remember

although I eat Roma tomatoes a lot. However I think it probably was just been a terrible virus not related to tomatoes.

I don't think that people should be buying discounted tomatoes and risking their and their families health. It's not worht it!

[WinkyDink]

29. No. Regular round tomatoes, as well. Only grape and on-the-vine are excluded.

[Lex]

17. because there's enough sick people to take care of without some dumbass

who wanted to "take the risk" and was wrong

[libnnc]

23. I don't eat tomatoes with you.

Well, someone had to post it...:hide:

[RB TexLa]

24. Just to point out that a white woman told me to do something and I disobeyed her?

What, did you memorize my user name after that thread?

[libnnc]

26. You have posted more obtuse, weird shit on this website

than anyone.

Your record speaks for itself.

[RB TexLa]

28. I know, I got uppity, you'd have thrown me out of the house, right.

[WinkyDink]

25. Because it would be foolhardy? Because not every person in the stores would be aware of the danger?

Because that's how idiot Libertarians view the world?

[KamaAina]

30. Better still, why not put 'em on all the sandwiches at the RNC?

thus giving a whole new meaning to the word "repuke"!

[pollo poco]

31. you first

Thanks, I've had food poisoning before.
Personally, I hope everyone who thinks that's a good idea has a bunch of 'em.
Always been a big fan of natural selection.

And anyway, why sell them at a discount, if they're perfectly good to eat?
No point in wasting a perfectly good pile of money.

Firkin eegit!