Well - our tomatoes are safe. Yesterday NJ and Pennsylvania declared our state’s tomatoes salmonella-free.

I must say I’m thrilled. Knowing I couldn’t eat a tomato was becoming a nuisance. While on the subject of produce, if you live in Center City - I HIGHLY recommend Jin’s fruits & vegetables. Great selection & quality, and at dirt cheap prices.

It’s on 20th, between Chestnut and Market.

New Jersey joined Pennsylvania yesterday on a list of at least 20 states whose tomatoes have been ruled out as the source of a salmonella outbreak that has been linked to 23 hospitalizations.

The contamination, which led to a consumer warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, has been preliminarily traced to raw red plum, red Roma and round red tomatoes.