This is a bit better of an explanation of the types that I mentioned in a previous post:
The outbreak was linked to eating certain raw red plum, red Roma and red round tomatoes, and products containing these tomatoes. Several major restaurant and grocery chains have stopped selling those varieties.
BUT....I don't knowingly buy tomatoes from Mexico because of their fertilizing practices. They say they don't know if it originated in Mexico:
A spokesman for the Sinaloa state Tomato Growers Association says exports from Mexico have been halted as a precaution. So far there is no evidence that the salmonella originated in Mexico, which accounts for about one-third of winter tomatoes in the United States.
And Breny, if you don't have any of these symptoms, you are fine:
Salmonella bacteria are frequently responsible for food-borne illnesses. Symptoms generally appear within 12 to 72 hours after eating infected food and include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. |