Comments on: Red Scare? http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:00:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ted http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29595 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:12:12 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29595 "People got sick from eating Mexican food and tomatoes are a common ingredient in many Mexican dishes." Yeah, well not as common as cheese. As someone who doesn't eat cheese I'm constantly having to specify "no cheese" when ordering Mexican food. It turns up everywhere. If only tomatoes were as ubiquitous. “People got sick from eating Mexican food and tomatoes are a common ingredient in many Mexican dishes.”

Yeah, well not as common as cheese. As someone who doesn’t eat cheese I’m constantly having to specify “no cheese” when ordering Mexican food. It turns up everywhere. If only tomatoes were as ubiquitous.

]]> by: donna http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29396 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:13:49 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29396 Eating Mexican food with chicken in it, perhaps? That would seem a more likely source of salmonella to me... Eating Mexican food with chicken in it, perhaps? That would seem a more likely source of salmonella to me…

]]> by: Brad http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29350 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:40 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29350 It's scary to think how easily that agency can shut down an entire industry. Tomato farmers are going to have a heck of a time here not to mention all of those red-guys that are in the trash as a result. The very idea that all of this food has been tossed as a "precaution" bothers me a lot. If they had a case and a tomato with salmonella then I get it. But without it, it's sad. It’s scary to think how easily that agency can shut down an entire industry. Tomato farmers are going to have a heck of a time here not to mention all of those red-guys that are in the trash as a result. The very idea that all of this food has been tossed as a “precaution” bothers me a lot.

If they had a case and a tomato with salmonella then I get it. But without it, it’s sad.

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29342 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:37:27 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29342 Bonjour Bastien, With apologies to Madame Benson and the rest of the French Department, I'm not able to get much out of the article. I'd love it if you could translate it! It wouldn't have to be word for word... I'm with you on the packaging waste, but I generally leave that issue for those passionate about it. Bonjour Bastien,
With apologies to Madame Benson and the rest of the French Department, I’m not able to get much out of the article. I’d love it if you could translate it! It wouldn’t have to be word for word…

I’m with you on the packaging waste, but I generally leave that issue for those passionate about it.

]]> by: Bastien DK http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29309 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:41:27 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29309 If you speak French: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.rue89.com/passage-a-lacte/et-si-on-generalisait-le-systeme-des-banques-alimentaires" rel="nofollow">here is an interesting article</a> about food waste, non-profit organisations' ideas to fetch it and create off-market circuits to bring this food to a second life. If you want, I might translate it for the blog. You should add a section on your blog about packaging waste and the role of pre-cooked and over-packaged (for business purposes) food in this waste. This has lots of impact on your garbage weight, which must be reduced too ! Sorry if this hasn't much to deal with the tomatoes issue ! If you speak French: here is an interesting article about food waste, non-profit organisations’ ideas to fetch it and create off-market circuits to bring this food to a second life.

If you want, I might translate it for the blog.

You should add a section on your blog about packaging waste and the role of pre-cooked and over-packaged (for business purposes) food in this waste. This has lots of impact on your garbage weight, which must be reduced too !

Sorry if this hasn’t much to deal with the tomatoes issue !

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29232 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:48:07 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29232 Emmybee, Thanks for noticing that mistake! I've made the correction...and am refunding the check from that slick-talking tomato lobbyist. Emmybee,
Thanks for noticing that mistake! I’ve made the correction…and am refunding the check from that slick-talking tomato lobbyist.

]]> by: emmybee http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29230 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:26:01 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29230 love your website, have been reading for a while now. small note about this post-- i think the times article says 1700 samples of tomato have been tested, not 1700 varieties of tomato. if only biodiversity like that existed in the U.S. :-) love your website, have been reading for a while now. small note about this post– i think the times article says 1700 samples of tomato have been tested, not 1700 varieties of tomato. if only biodiversity like that existed in the U.S. :-)

]]> by: Shorty http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29226 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:38:22 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/02/wrongly-accused-waste/#comment-29226 I kind of feel, that organizations tend to jump the gun, and react before thinking, so they blame tomatoes and then what's next - there is always such a rush to solve everything - so money ends up wasted. I kind of feel, that organizations tend to jump the gun, and react before thinking, so they blame tomatoes and then what’s next - there is always such a rush to solve everything - so money ends up wasted.

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