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Archive for the ‘FRANCHISE FOOD SAFETY’ Category

June 17th, 2008

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Safe List

(FranchisePick.Com) 
Salmonella incidence:  277 reported cases and at least 43 hospitalizations reported since mid-April
Types of tomatoes not linked to any illnesses:  cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and tomatoes with the vine still attached.
Worst bets*:  Oklahoma Roma.  Anything from Hulk Hogan’s garden.
Best bet: Cherry tomatoes imported from Brussels eaten with the vine attached.
FDA’s Secret Salmonella restaurant chain:  […]

By Sean Kelly -- 1 comment

June 17th, 2008

The FDA’s Salmonella Secret

(FranchisePick.Com)  According to Nation’s Restaurant News, two units of an unnamed restaurant chain have been cited as the source for at least nine of the 228 instances of salmonella poisoning that officials have traced back to contaminated tomatoes. Which restaurant chain?  The FDA ain’t saying, and won’t tell where the implicated stores were located or […]

By Sean Kelly -- 1 comment