Mmmm.  Salmonella - it’s what’s for dinner.

Two things are infinite:  the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
- Albert Einstein

The bumbling idiots at the Food and Drug Administration couldn’t catch a cold in the Klondike.  We’re now finding out that the salmonella outbreak may not be caused by tainted tomatoes after all, so the FDA has decided to look into other foods which are served with tomatoes - you know, things like lettuce, mushrooms, cheese, green onions, probably croutons and, most certainly, Thousand Island dressing.  Thing is, the FDA won’t bother to tell us which foods they might be concerned with, leaving us to guess at what might be making hundreds of people sick. 

Welp, now we find out the FDA bumbled the so-called investigation from the get-go, focusing too much on trying to find tomatoes which made people sick and ignoring case controls - people who ate tomatoes who did not get sick.  Well, duh.  The FDA now admits that it probably should’ve done that, proving that they’ve been throwing darts at the produce aisle while blindfolded all along.  I guess it’s too much to ask that the government hire some competent people with at least a tiny bit of research experience to investigate the largest food-borne outbreak in American history. 

Now, go enjoy your salad.