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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 25-27, 2008 The Park Record THgTASHL THAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK FOR "GOODTOOD * "GOOD FRIENDS* AT "GOOD THYMES" BISTRO BRING THIS COUPON IN FOR /K-;-v- 15% OFF ! i ENTIRE PURCHASE iM s \* n WITH THE PURCHASE OF AN ENTREfi |: N O T MWHJ V A L I D N O T ^.f^,'- ' . I ' l l rh .; ' i i -Tiiitil • A A T N Y O T H E R O F F E R U R Ii A K I: A S T 5-10 PM MON-THURS EXPIRES 6/30/08 r I T-"!}')() • h ii)0 N s.i^o Wo.ui I >r. 'li| W I T H V A L I D K MI11'.iiI l i n n !!i»ii How tomatoes get salmonella ventive controls," for growers and consumer defense. "We know you can wash off suppliers of foods linked to repeated outbreaks of serious ill- some salmonella," says Virginia ness, such as tomatoes and leafy Tech food microbiologist Robert WASHINGTON (AP) - Pick greens. Congress hasn't yet acted Williams, who accompanied FDA a tomato in the blazing sun and on that request. scientists to Virginia farms as part plunge it straight into cold water. "We need them, we've asked of the tomato initiative. But, If that happened on the way to for them, and we don't yet have "nobody's ever shown it washes market, it might be contaminated. them," says Dr. David Acheson, off all salmonella." Too big of a temperature dif- the agency's food safety chief, Water is an automatic first susference can make a tomato liter- who is directing the hunt for the pect. Was clean water used to irrially suck water inside the fruit tainted tomatoes. gate, mix pesticides sprayed on through the scar where its stem Further complicating the pic- crops, wash down harvest and used to be. If salmonella happens ture, budget woes mean the processing equipment, and wash to be lurking on the skin, that is FDA's inspections of food-pro- field workers' hands? one way it can penetrate and, if ducing facilities have plummeted Then in packing houses, tomathe tomato is not eaten right toes often go straight away, have time to multiinto a dump tank, flumes Ply. ~77. of chlorinated water for Preventing That docs not mean future Illnesses a first wash. To guard salmonella people should not wash . , . . , , .. into the water in - they depends on learning how salmonella By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press Writer •n mM ^ r F O b a b l y •A\v\v.ijoodr\ mes.ner not sneaks in toia water. onto and inside ,>,•,_,_ . A tomatoes, ^_ ,, turn being sucked into the tomatoes, producers But as the Food and which might Seem tO be pretty Well pro- often keep wash-water OPEN JULY 4TH FROM 8AM- I PM Drug Administration , , , - qmnnth <,/,;„ fly|/ ypf 10 degrees warmer than mves .gates the outbreak tectea by tneir smooth waxy sKin. Yet t h c i n * o m i n g •from 3atoes in the exam Scientists hdVe few answers, prompt- food-safety irom tomatoes, tnc L\am- r r crop says scientist Keith Schneider of the pie shows the farm is not jng the FDA last year tO begin a TomatO University of Florida contamina. . . . in the. states. of Virginia ^the only V place r C ^ try practices SALE JUNE 28-JULY 12 SAVE on Lifetime. Purecoat and Masterpiece paint. 15% on painting tools and supplies. 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But they're them for further proalso the culprits in a growing list by 56 percent between 2003 and cessing. of nasty outbreaks: E. coli in last year. Acheson says the drop Another question: How often spinach, and lettuce.. Hepatitis A has continued this year, and the does the water have to be in green onions. Cydospora in FDA plans to hire more inspec- changed? Dirt, leaves and other raspberries. Salmonella in can- tors with a pending budget boost sediment reduce the chlorine's taloupe. Shigella in parsley. from Congress. effectiveness. This newest salmonella outBut inspections are not the Studies never have shown that break is the 14th blamed on toma- solution to food poisoning, insists plant roots can suck salmonella toes since 1990. Acheson, who also hopes to dou- up and inside the tomato, where it Preventing future illnesses ble or triple the 10 percent of can't be washed out, says Virginia depends on learning how salmo- FDA's budget historically devoted Tech's Williams, whose lab is nella sneaks onto and inside to prevention. working to confirm that. Still, if tomatoes, which might seem to be FDA "is not arguing that you contaminated water is sprayed pretty well protected by their can inspect your way out of these onto the leaves or blooms, or bird smooth waxy skin. Yet scientists problems," he says. "The critical droppings fall directly onto the have few answers, prompting the point is to build safety upfront, foliage, salmonella might be FDA last year to begin a Tomato not load up inspection at the absorbed internally, he says. Safety Initiative that is studying end." In fact, salmonella may be parindustry practices in the states of There are some common ticularly hard to prevent in a variVirginia and Florida, origin of themes when fresh produce sickety of crops because birds, repseveral previous outbreaks. ens, either from salmonella - tiles and amphibians carry it - Florida's agriculture depart- bacteria that live in the intestinal the same reason children should ment on July I begins enforcing tracts of humans and numerous wash their hands after handling a so-called "tomato best practices," animals - or other microbes: turtle, iguana or frog. The tomato farming and handling guidelines Water sources, worker hygiene industry's guidelines already that leading growers pushed the and wildlife or domestic animals advise surrounding fields with state to formally adopt, and that near fields are frequent culprits bare soil "buffer zones" to dismany farms voluntarily began fol- because they involve points courage reptiles. lowing in the past year. •where safety, systems can easily not going to stop a The FDA likewise wants the break down,. , , ,,„ ,f, <* _ -. 'through a field. You're •authority to set mandatory safeWashing fresh produce under nof "going to stop a frog," handlin-g rules, what it calis "pre- running water is a commbhsense Schneider says. Summer Floor learance SAPPHmELACE No Payments No Interest Financing* Quee 2 pc. set Reg. $1199 ^ 3 Fbsturepec/ic DAINTY PLUSH PILLOWTOP SALE Reg. $329 Twin, 2 pc^set $699 $3/9 Full, 2 pc. set $999 King, 3 pc. set $1599 $799 $597 Queen 2 pc. set, Reg. $1599 *See store for details. 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