Killer Tomatoes

The Globe and Mail: Tomatoes removed from menus

Restaurants and fast-food outlets across the country, including Tim Hortons, Subway, Burger King and Harvey's, have stopped using raw tomatoes as the result of a growing outbreak of salmonella food poisoning in the United States.

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Early last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent out a warning that advised consumers in Texas and New Mexico not to eat certain raw red plum, red Roma and red round tomatoes ...

Yesterday, before I had heard about this, I bought a bunch of red Roma tomatoes. I'm going to eat them. I'm stubborn that way.