McDonald's, Others Pull Tomatoes Over Salmonella
BackPlusMcDonald's, Others Pull Tomatoes Over SalmonellaMcDonald's, Others Pull Tomatoes Over SalmonellaThe Associated PressMcDonald's, Wal-Mart and other U.S. chains have halted sales of some raw tomatoes as federal health officials work to trace the source of a multistate salmonella food poisoning outbreak, as The AP's John Mone reports. (June 9)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [[VO]][[TRACK: people eating fresh Mexican food from La Salsa]] [[SUPER: Irvine, CA]]THE STAPLE INGREDIENT OF FRESH MEXICAN FOOD... [[SOT]]"it's for safety. i'm okay with it." [[TRACK]][[VO: exteriors of in and out and mcdonalds,picture of a juicy hamburger with tomatoes, signs explaining why tomatoes aren't available]AND HAMBURGERS...WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE IN PICTURE FORM FOR NOW. OUTBREAKS OF SALMONELLA TRACED TO TOMATOES HAVE MAJOR FAST FOOD CHAINS AND SUPERMARKETS PULLING THE JUICY RED FRUIT...TO PROTECT CONSUMERS. [[SOT]][[SUPER:]]"they're monitoring it. and that's what they can do. when you have a problem you take care of it. that's the best answer. the wrong answer is not to do anything." [[VO: shots of lab exterior with fda sign. shots of scientists in labs with tomatoes.]][[TRACK]]AT THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S REGIONAL LAB IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, AGENCY COMMISSIONER ANDREW VON ESCHENBACH SHOWED CAMERAS HOW SCIENTISTS ARE INVESTIGATING THE OUTBREAKS. [[SOT]][[SUPER: Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach//FDA Commissioner]]"and ultimately what we want to find, is what is the source of the problem, where is the source of the problem and what will be done to eliminate the problem." [[VO: more shots of tomatoes in lab]][[TRACK]]NO PINPOINT ANSWERS YET, BUT THE F-D-A SAYS THE AFFECTED TOMATOES EITHER CAME FROM FLORIDA OR WERE IMPORTED FROM MEXICO.-- [[SOT]][SUPER: von Eschenbach, cont]]"the raw red round, red plum and red roma tomatoes." [[VO: PLS INSERT BROLL FROM RICH MATTHEWS PIECE OF TOMATOES, WILL PUT IN STILL PHOTO TO HOLD PLACE]][[TRACK]]EAT THOSE AND YOU PUT YOURSELF AT RISK FOR FOOD POISONING. SO FAR NONE OF THE CASES REPORTED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES HAS BEEN FATAL. OFFICIALS *WERE* CAUTIOUS TO SAY, DON'T LUMP IN ALL VARIETIES TO THE SCARE-- [[SOT]][[SUPER: von Eschenbach., cont.]"the tomatoes on the vine or the grape tomatoes they're okay to buy." [[VO: more shots of tomatoes from rich matthews piece??]][[TRACK]]BUT SAY IF YOU HAVE TOMATOES YOU THINK MAY BE SUSPECT, TOSS THEM OR COOK THEM THOROUGHLY TO KILL BACTERIA. JOHN MONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
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Uploaded: June 9, 2008 at 11:19 pm
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Video Comments:
NightmareKingz (Thursday 18th of September 2008 08:39:46 PM)
Do you know how huge my cock is?
javierporras1983 (Saturday 13th of September 2008 10:03:45 AM)
At lest i know that McDonald's corporation guarantees the safety on the products you buy at the McDonald's restaurants, the tomatos serve on this cahin restaurants did not have any link to salmonela poisonig but to avoid any problems on the rstaurant custumers the corp pull out all the tomatos and order to dich all the tomatos that every McDonalds had, and after the corp revice clearence on the tomatos the stores had notice to keep using them.
JimyRoss (Tuesday 8th of July 2008 05:45:10 PM)
that almost makes up for the small amount of cow feces in every berger
bulitboy (Saturday 21st of June 2008 07:09:05 PM)
more terrorism by our own government, just like September 2001. attack of the killer tomatoes.
TheWordCenter (Thursday 19th of June 2008 08:50:54 PM)
Has anyone done any research on whether this is some test run of a pandemic? Or, could this possibly be the result of bio-warfare?
It just seems very weird.
bulitboy (Saturday 21st of June 2008 07:17:39 PM)
i'll bet it is a test run for a pandemic or leftovers of chemtrails. remember when it was spinach then green onions, now tomatoes? jeewiz.
ShootinArn (Thursday 17th of July 2008 03:33:50 AM)
I don't agree, I think it's just nasty food. It was bound to happen and is grosly underdiagnosed and underreported because of the economic effects it would have if people actually knew how many people were getting sick. ER's wont even test for it, I know because around the 4th of July I ate a Taco Salad from TB, the next 5 days was the most physically miserable days of my life. Had to have 3 IV's for sever dehydration and the ER never tested for Salmonella. All symptoms were salmonella.
TheWordCenter (Thursday 17th of July 2008 11:12:31 AM)
ShootinArn, Sorry to hear about your bout with salmonella. My wife had a sandwich from W___dy's and spent quite a long day in the hospital. Happened years ago..received almost no empathy, and no concern or alarm for anything but a "common" case of food poisoning. We consumers better do our diligence...as the industry seems bent on covering-up, or over-looking. Anyway...take care.
ShootinArn (Friday 18th of July 2008 09:54:51 AM)
Thanks TWC. Yes, the fast food industry cares more for their profits than the safety of consumers and I would bet even the FDA hides the real stats of how many people are getting sick. This was a hard lesson for me but I'm finished with fast food for good now. I'm not too concerned for store bought food because I always cook it well and wash all veggies.
I also heard once and practice washing melons and canalopes before slicing. Slicing can transfer bacteria from the outside to the fruit.
lord3rdcoast (Monday 16th of June 2008 12:41:38 AM)
an ex co-worker of mine used to work in the tomato fields in florida and said the would see all kinds of nasty stuff evan when leaving the tomatos outside for weeks at a time to make ketup dont want to gross u out to bad but there more