Today, technology is moving at a rapid pace that continues to better our society, and world as a whole. We can see everyday that medical breakthroughs are becoming more and more common, that we can talk to people for hours and hours at a time even if they are in another country, and we can even shop on our computers to stores that could be hundreds of miles away. Either way, technology is there to help us and inevitably ease the hardships that a task has had in the past. However, has technology helped us catch up with everything?
Recently, a company located within St. Louis recalled hundreds of boxes of grape tomatoes that were at a large risk of gaining salmonella. Stores located not only in Missouri, but also in Illinois that were shipped these potentially dangerous tomatoes that if having the pathogen could easily not only make the consumer dangerously sick, but in some cases shows that some could die from it. Salmonella is a form of food poisoning that can easily last from eight hours to up, and past a three-day period of time. Diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps are commonly associated with salmonella and without proper medical attention symptoms can become worse, and inevitably can hurt an individual longer than expected.
The tomatoes, grown in Texas, were packaged in both 10 ounce, and 10-pound containers and then distributed to the stores within both states. Luckily, the supplier performed a random testing on the grape tomatoes and noticed signs of contamination. From there, the overall production of the tomatoes was halted and an investigation was then set into play by the Food and Drug Administration, also known as the FDA.
The distributor, Front Row Produce, has sought to avoid public confusion and has labeled the non-contaminated tomatoes with a green dot that are currently in grocery stores in Illinois and Missouri. If a package does not have a green dot citizens are advised to not only not purchase the tomatoes, but also bring it to the attention of the grocery store management.
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