Field Harvest Still a Few Weeks Away; Greenhouse Tomatoes Ruled Safe (TRENTON) – New Jersey was added today to the Food and Drug Administration’s list of states whose tomatoes have been ruled out as a cause of a recent tomato-related salmonella outbreak, officially making tomatoes grown here safe for sale and consumption, Agriculture Secretary Charles M. Kuperus said. “There are still a few weeks to go before New Jersey’s field-grown tomatoes are harvested this season, so the only question was about those grown in greenhouses,” said Secretary Kuperus. “Those began making their way to market in mid-May, well after the April 23 timeframe in which the FDA has said the suspect tomatoes were ... Full Story