Universities Adjust to Tomato Scare

As a result of the tomato salmonella scare that is gripping the nation, universities like Louisiana State and Michigan State have halted shipment of or dumped their tomato supplies and plan to go without the fruit in university dining halls and establishments until the FDA lifts its warning.

At the University of Texas, dining services officials decided Friday to buy only locally grown tomatoes since the state's supply has been deemed safe, the Daily Texan reports. Although Texas is one of the major tomato-providing regions in the nation (along with California and Florida), officials expect to run out of the fruit by the end of the summer if the FDA warning isn't lifted by then.