Salmonella doesn’t come from tomatoes!
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Heather Moore
Published: July 12, 2008
I can save health officials — who are still trying to pinpoint the exact cause of the recent salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 800 people in 36 states — both time and money. It’s the meat, stupid!
Tomatoes and other plant-based foods do not naturally harbor salmonella bacteria. Like E. coli, salmonella bacteria live in the intestinal tracts and feces of animals. When animal manure is used to
fertilize crops or leaks into waterways, fruits and vegetables can become contaminated.
For consumers who are wary of food-borne bacteria, the solution is simple: Stop eating animal products. Seventy percent of food poisoning is caused by contaminated meat. Case in point: More than
531,000 pounds of potentially E. coli-contaminated beef was recently recalled in at least 20 states.
As more people adopt a vegan diet, fewer animals will be bred for food, lessening the threat of yet another attack of the “killer tomatoes.” Find out more at http://www.GoVeg.com.
HEATHER MOORE
Norfolk
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Posted by ( willow703 ) on July 12, 2008 at 10:04 am
It’s stupidity, stupid!
Properly prepare your food and you won’t have a problem.
India is overrun with cows & has poor sanitation, salmonella should be there in epidemic proportions. It isn’t.
A totally vegan diet requires that more land be devoted to raising crops. That land simply is not available because of population increase & the fact that much of the land devoted to raising animals is not suitable for raising crops. Cows, pigs, sheep, etc., can graze on a 40 percent grade, you can’t operate a tractor on a 40 percent grade.
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Posted by ( jVA ) on July 12, 2008 at 9:53 am
I’m not a vegetarian - a cheeseburger has to be one of my favorite foods. But my family eats very little meat these days for the reasons Heather Moore has pointed out.
The problem is not just “the meat”. The problem is the unsafe practices at these large corporate farms that put everybody at risk.
Encouraging everybody to “go vegan” is kind of ridiculous. Demanding better inspections and oversight of the meat packing industry would be a lot more helpful.
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