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Thread #85060   Message #1574298
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
02-Oct-05 - 06:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Green tomatoes
Subject: RE: BS: Green tomatoes
You hear all sorts of garbage about fruits and vegetables from somewhere being contaminated with salmonella etc. Don't believe it, the contamination nearly always is from store staff or customers.

Here in western Canada, depending on season, fruits may be from the States, Central America, South America, South Africa, Australia-New Zealand, etc., and we couldn't do without mandarin oranges from Korea, China and Japan. All have been carefully raised and handled. Vegetables from California mostly, but in winter may be from Mexico or other Latin American source, never a problem.
Many of the tomatoes in stores here are vine-ripened and from so-called organic growers (much nonsense associated with that term, but some are quite good). Most varieties will ripen here only in the greenhouse.