Posted on 06/03/2025 1:21:33 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class I recall, the most serious designation, for tomatoes potentially containing deadly bacteria.
Class I recalls indicate a potential for “serious adverse health consequences or death.”
Williams Farms Repack LLC recalled multiple tomato sizes due to potential salmonella contamination.
The FDA updated the recall to Class I designation on Wednesday.
Williams Farms Repack LLC Recalls Tomatoes Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination https://t.co/VZrbo0NEfQ pic.twitter.com/whsBY5IZTD
— U.S. FDA Recalls (@FDArecalls) May 2, 2025
Daily Mail reports:
The recall covers shipments from April 23 to April 28 sold in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Affected products were sold in the following packaging formats: 5×6 25lb, 6×6 25lb, Combo 25lb, 4×4 2layer, 4×5 2layer, 60ct 2layer, 60ct 18lb loose, XL 18lb Loose and 3ct trays with UPC 0 33383 65504 8.
The lot numbers are R4467 and R4470.
No illnesses have been reported, but salmonella can cause serious and fatal illnesses in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.
“Salmonella an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain,” the FDA wrote.
“In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis,” it added.
FDA issues most serious recall alert for tomatoes that carry 'reasonable risk of DEATH' https://t.co/u6KiNdN5F4
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) May 29, 2025
Per Newsweek:
Jeongmin Song, professor of microbiology & immunology at Cornell University, New York, previously told Newsweek: “Generally speaking, picking and packaging produce at the farm and the facility can result in food contamination. Some potential causes include polluted fertilizers and fomites at the packing facilities, while there are many plausible explanations. Although food and facility contaminations, such as the recent cases, do occur occasionally, they are uncommon in the U.S. and other developed countries owing to strict hygiene standards.”
She added: “Healthy individuals with robust immune systems can recover from a Salmonella infection even after consumption. However, some vulnerable groups, such as young children, the elderly, or those with weakened immune systems, would be at risk from contaminated products. Even if there was Salmonella on the tomatoes, most contaminated bacteria can be eliminated by washing them before consumption.”
The Food and Drug Administration said on its website: “When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company’s announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance on salmonella said: “In some people, the illness may be so severe that the patient is hospitalized. Salmonella infection may spread from the intestines to the bloodstream and then to other parts of the body.”
Still going too fast - meant “kill” not kills...
when we were kids, we lived on tomatoes sandwich's in the summer.
Okey dokey.
I used to start mine from seeds. I would use egg shells that I cracked carefully so that I had 2/3 of an intact shell which I filled with potting soil, planted a few seeds and kept in an egg carton in the window. Come time to plant, I would hold the egg shell in my hand and carefully squeeze it so that the shell broke. The shell gives the plant much needed calcium. I planted mostly heirloom and had great crops.
That’s neat..Great imagination to come up with these ideas. I’ve looked at some You Tube on “How To” - great ideas there also. Sadly I’m past the age of being able to do any of that but enjoyed the many years when I was able...Those other years come around too soon...before we’re ready! Make them all COUNT!!!!
Rome was a Republic at first. No wonder it took them so long. The rats would have at least formed a foundation. We have been a Republic for nearly 250 years.
This is only Day 135; Rome was not reformed in two quarters even ...
I am getting there as well. I live near the coast and can’t get anything to grow in sand, even though I supplement it with gardening soil. The sun, bugs and funguses take all my garden no matter how hard I work at it. I have just given up now.
I had to comment on this one. WTH is a powder wagon? Your folks sound like they were fun people. Where are you from? My dad told me that my mom used to dance on tables. I remember repeating that tale when I was in 2nd grade.
Eggs?.................
Yep - can make good fried egg sandwiches - forget tomatoes - LOL!
Why does this feel like an illegitimate warning? How do you contaminate a fruit with salmonella?
If these were sold April 22 to April 29, wouldn’t they be eaten or bad by now?
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